About this season
Sophia Roe uses food as a lens to explore our changing world.
Episodes (24)
1. Hong Kong Protest Food
Aired 26 November 2020
2. Spain's Table Steaks
Aired 26 November 2020
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.
3. Yemen's Coffee Conflict
Aired 26 November 2020
A family brings coffee from a warzone to Michigan. Sophia bakes glazed coffee bundt cakes & meet the Monk of Mohka. Plus a social experiment in Black history with black coffee
4. France Dying on the Vine
Aired 26 November 2020
Champagne makers grapple with the pandemic as Sophia cooks fennel crusted pork with champagne and grape sauce. We meet a bubbly empress while Taji hangs with a boozy treat dealer.
5. Mexico's Banned Foods
Aired 28 November 2020
Mexico bans junk food to tackle disease as Sophia cooks a dinner with canned and frozen food. We probe trade impacts on tradition and meet snackers scouring the globe for treats.
6. Lebanon's Crisis Diet
Aired 5 December 2020
Lebanon shifts away from meat amid an economic crisis as Sophia cooks a vegan Kibbeh. Meet a NY chef working in the pandemic & a prisoner who converted his bed to a grill.
7. Russia's Home Grown
Aired 12 December 2020
Sanctions in Russia help spawn a new industry and Sophia makes sweet and savory Sirniki. A photographer explains why older Russians pack a month's worth of food in the pantry.
8. Mushrooms: 2020 Winner
Aired 19 December 2020
We celebrate the unexpected winner of a bizarre year by digging into mushroom mania. Sophia makes wild mushroom soup and geeks out with Chile's first female mycologist.
9. Preserving Culture
Aired 9 January 2021
10. Tank to Table
Aired 16 January 2021
11. Chain Reaction
Aired 23 January 2021
12. Food Fears
Aired 30 January 2021
13. Self-curing
Aired 6 February 2021
14. Alt Milk
Aired 6 February 2021
15. Future Farms
Aired 13 February 2021
16. Last Orders
Aired 13 February 2021
17. Demand & Supply
Aired 20 February 2021
18. Feeding Longevity
Aired 20 February 2021
19. Spice Of Life
Aired 27 February 2021
20. Edible Insects
Aired 27 February 2021
21. Taste Of A Nation
Aired 6 March 2021
22. Food Justice
Aired 6 March 2021
23. Elementary Needs
Aired 13 March 2021
24. Feeding On Isolation
Aired 13 March 2021