These days, food is news. Amid the throes of a global pandemic and a changing climate, Sophia Roe uses food as a lens to explore our changing world. Counter Space is an experiential journey through culinary news, trends and innovations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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