De smaak van Joël — Season 1, Episode 3: Zout
Documentary • 35 min • 2 seasons, 11 episodes
Episode synopsis
Why do we like to add salt to our food? And where does it come from? In the hottest place on earth, Joël is chopping salt blocks and in Iceland he sees how salt is extracted directly from the sea.
About De smaak van Joël
Self-proclaimed omnivore and culinary journalist Joël Broekaert takes the viewer along in an adventurous research into the world and the history behind the five basic tastes. Joël devotes his life to everything that has to do with food, and everything related to taste. But what are sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami exactly? Why do those flavors exist? Why are we tasting them? Why are we always looking for sweets, why did we start to eat bitterly and why was salt so scarce in the past?