About This Episode
<div>Food is never just food. That's the idea behind <em><a href="https://noma.dk/omnivore/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Omnivore</a></em>, an Apple TV+ series that peels back the layers on eight common foodstuffs — coffee, corn, salt, rice, bananas, chilies, pork, and tuna. </div> <div> </div> <div>Narrated by <a href="https://noma.dk/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Noma</a> chef <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reneredzepinoma/?hl=en" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Rene Redzepi</a>, the show serves up gorgeous images and fascinating characters. But it goes way beyond that. Each episode explores the cultural, historical, and socioeconomic context of a single ingredient, whether that's the connection between coffee cultivation and the 1994 Rwandan genocide or the impact of climate change on rice cultivation in Kerala, India or how a family of Serbian pepper farmers grows peppers in an effort to make exceptional paprika.</div> <div> </div> <div>Redzepi discusses <strong><u>the making of <em>Omnivore</em> with Elvis Mitchell</u></strong> on <em>The Treatment</em>. You can hear <a href="https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-treatment" rel="noopener" target="_blank">more episodes of <em>The Treatment </em>here</a>. </div>
