List of episodes of the series «Omnivore»

Chile

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 51 min.
• Episode description:
  Mild, medium, hot...inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.

Tuna

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 42 min.
• Episode description:
  Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world's most tumultuous stories.

Salt

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 36 min.
• Episode description:
  The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.

Banana

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 38 min.
• Episode description:
  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?

Pig

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 45 min.
• Episode description:
  In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.

Rice

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 38 min.
• Episode description:
  For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.

Coffee

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 36 min.
• Episode description:
  Follow a coffee bean from tree to cup to uncover the complicated history, extraordinary craft, and unique collaboration behind the brew.

Corn

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 42 min.
• Episode description:
  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?