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Chile

Episode number: 1

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

Tuna

Episode number: 2

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

Salt

Episode number: 3

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

Banana

Episode number: 4

Overview: 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

Overview: 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

Overview: 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

Overview: 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

Overview: 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?