Omnivore

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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   E1. Chile

   Jul 18, 2024 · 51m

   Mild, medium, hot...inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.

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   E2. Tuna

   Jul 18, 2024 · 42m

   Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world's most tumultuous stories.

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   E3. Salt

   Jul 18, 2024 · 36m

   The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.

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   E4. Banana

   Jul 18, 2024 · 38m

   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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   E5. Pig

   Jul 18, 2024 · 45m

   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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   E6. Rice

   Jul 18, 2024 · 38m

   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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