Omnivore
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.
Cast
René Redzepi
Self - Narrator (voice)
Seasons
Each episode of this documentary series celebrates the cultivation, transformation and consumption of eight of the world's most essential ingredients, including bananas, chilies, coffee, corn, pork, rice, salt and tuna, revealing how they serve as the cornerstones of global cultural heritage.
E1Chile
Jul 18, 2024
Mild, medium, hot...inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.
E2Tuna
Jul 18, 2024
Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world's most tumultuous stories.
E3Salt
Jul 18, 2024
The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.
E4Banana
Jul 18, 2024
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?
E5Pig
Jul 18, 2024
In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.
E6Rice
Jul 18, 2024
For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.
E7Coffee
Jul 18, 2024
Follow a coffee bean from tree to cup to uncover the complicated history, extraordinary craft, and unique collaboration behind the brew.
E8Corn
Jul 18, 2024
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?
Videos
Storyline
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.
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