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Each episode of this documentary series celebrates the cultivation, transformation and consumption of eight of the world's most essential ingredients, including bananas, chilies, coffee, corn, pork, rice, salt and tuna, revealing how they serve as the cornerstones of global cultural heritage.
Episode 8 : Corn
July. 18,2024
No longer just a plant, corn is a building block of modern society. But what does its domination mean for the future of food—and for us?
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Episode 7 : Coffee
July. 18,2024
Follow a coffee bean from tree to cup to uncover the complicated history, extraordinary craft, and unique collaboration behind the brew.
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Episode 6 : Rice
July. 18,2024
For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.
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Episode 5 : Pig
July. 18,2024
In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.
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Episode 4 : Banana
July. 18,2024
There are over 1,500 varieties of bananas, and yet most of us have only tasted one. Why? And what do we lose when a single banana wins out?
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Episode 3 : Salt
July. 18,2024
The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.
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Season 1
Each episode of this documentary series celebrates the cultivation, transformation and consumption of eight of the world's most essential ingredients, including bananas, chilies, coffee, corn, pork, rice, salt and tuna, revealing how they serve as the cornerstones of global cultural heritage.
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