EAT: The Story of Food

Influential figures throughout the history of food, including chef Julia Child, explorer Christopher Columbus, French chef Auguste Escoffier, author Nathan Myhrvold, chef Hector Boiardi, inventor Clarence Birdseye, and researcher Howard Moskowitz.

Humankind's insatiable appetite for meat throughout history, effects on the food chain and landscape, and solutions for keeping up with the demand.

The story of sugar consumption, from the first farming of sugarcane approximately 10,000 years ago to the industrialisation that created more refined sugar and the age of the candy bar that followed.

Examines the impact of high-protein, omega-rich seafood on history, and the changes needed to develop ways to catch, eat, and prepare what the sea provides, instead of continuing unsustainable demands for a single species.

Explores the drastic ways that processed foods have changed what people eat, with questions and concerns about the health and safety of foods high in sugar, fat, and salt.

With the discovery of grains comes the end of humans' hunter-gatherer practices. The unintentional consequences of its refinement over the past 80 years soon follow.