Omnivore
2024 · 1 season · 8 episodes · Ended · Apple TV
Documentary
TMDB 7.9 · 8 votes
Food is never just food.
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.
Episodes
- S01E01Chile2024-07-1851m
Mild, medium, hot...inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.
- S01E02Tuna2024-07-1842m
Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world's most tumultuous stories.
- S01E03Salt2024-07-1836m
The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.
- S01E04Banana2024-07-1838m
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?
- S01E05Pig2024-07-1845m
In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.
- S01E06Rice2024-07-1838m
For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.
- S01E07Coffee2024-07-1836m
Follow a coffee bean from tree to cup to uncover the complicated history, extraordinary craft, and unique collaboration behind the brew.
- S01E08Corn2024-07-1842m
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?
