Omnivore
Food is never just food.
From Peruvian salt flats to Rwandan coffee forests, explore and celebrate the ingredients that built societies, shaped beliefs, and forever altered the tapestry of humanity.
Seasons
1. Chile
Air Date: 2024-07-18
Mild, medium, hot...inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.
2. Tuna
Air Date: 2024-07-18
Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world's most tumultuous stories.
3. Salt
Air Date: 2024-07-18
The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.
4. Banana
Air Date: 2024-07-18
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?
5. Pig
Air Date: 2024-07-18
In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.
6. Rice
Air Date: 2024-07-18
For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.
7. Coffee
Air Date: 2024-07-18
Follow a coffee bean from tree to cup to uncover the complicated history, extraordinary craft, and unique collaboration behind the brew.
8. Corn
Air Date: 2024-07-18
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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Rating
8.0/10
Release Date
2024-07-18
Episodes
8 (1 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
Film 45
Fifth Season