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. Narrated by world-renowned chef René Redzepi.
EPISODE 1
Chile
Mild, medium, hot…inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.
EPISODE 2
Tuna
Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world’s most tumultuous stories.
EPISODE 3
Salt
The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.
EPISODE 4
Banana
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?
EPISODE 5
Pig
In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.
EPISODE 6
Rice
For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.
Humanity
René Redzepi
Ben Liebmann
Chris Rice
Matt Goulding
Michael Antinoro
Max Wagner
Collin Orcutt
Mateo Willis
Accept Free Trial