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Amid the throes of a global pandemic and a changing climate, Sophia Roe uses food as a lens to explore the changing world.

Documentary · 2020 · 23 min

Starring Sophia Roe

EPISODE 1

Hong Kong Protest Food

Political dissent finds expression in food; Sophia cooks fishballs and curry sauce; meeting a chef who wrote a protest cookbook; a Black woman making a statement by foraging.

21 min · Jan 1, 2020
EPISODE 2

Spain's Table Steaks

Exploring the future of meat from aging oxen to 3D printed steaks; Sophia elevates beef with compound butter; vegan butcher; Venezuelan making a Trump Burger.

21 min · Jan 1, 2020
EPISODE 3

Yemen's Conflict Coffee

Coffee from a war zone comes to Michigan; Sophia bakes glazed coffee bundt cakes; meeting the Monk of Mokha; a social experiment in Black history with black coffee.

21 min · Jan 1, 2020
EPISODE 4

France Dying on the Vine

Champagne makers dealing with the pandemic; Sophia cooks fennel crusted pork with champagne and grape sauce; meeting a bubbly empress; Taji hangs with a boozy treat dealer.

21 min · Jan 1, 2020
EPISODE 5

Mexico's Banned Foods

Mexico bans junk food to take on disease; Sophia cooks a dinner with canned and frozen food; exploring trade impacts on tradition; snackers scouring the globe for treats.

21 min · Jan 1, 2020
EPISODE 6

Lebanon's Crisis Diet

Lebanon shifts away from meat amid an economic crisis as Sophia cooks a vegan kibbeh; a New York chef works in the pandemic; a prisoner converts his bed to a grill.

21 min · Jan 1, 2020

Sophia Roe

Host