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Gastro Obscura | Joseph Yoon
Gastro Obscura | Joseph Yoon

Gastro Obscura | Joseph Yoon

Chef and edible insect ambassador Joseph Yoon is trying to normalize eating edible insects around the world.

Gastro Obscura | Farrell Monaco

Gastro Obscura | Farrell Monaco

Farrell Monaco is an experimental archaeologist that replicates ancient technologies and specific ingredients, even growing her own starters, to bring to life the breads that ancient Pompeiians would have eaten.

Gastro Obscura | Jen Monroe

Gastro Obscura | Jen Monroe

Jen Monroe began hosting monochromatic dinner parties after reading about an all-black funeral dinner in a book. Now, the chef and artist creates edible whimsy—from white iPhone sushi to aquarium gelatin molds—for all sorts of fantastical events.

Fork 2 Farmer | Chickadee Farms

Fork 2 Farmer | Chickadee Farms

Fork 2 Farmer explores the connections between local restaurants and farmers. In this episodes we meet the women behind Chickadee Farms—a small, organic farm in Clayton, N.C.— and Fiction Kitchen—a vegan and vegetarian restaurant in downtown Raleigh that serves their produce.

Fork 2 Farmer | Crystal Coast Oysters

Fork 2 Farmer | Crystal Coast Oysters

Kyle Frey and Creighton McNeil share a passion for oysters—growing them and cooking them. The Fork 2 Farmer project highlights the connections between local restaurants and the farmers that supply them.

Fork 2 Farmer | J.W. Merrell Farm

Fork 2 Farmer | J.W. Merrell Farm

Joe Merrell’s family has been farming in southeast N.C. since 1734. Fabian Bota runs Ruddy Duck Tavern in Morehead City and serves Joe’s produce. This short film shows the connections between two, independent businesses in Carteret Co., N.C.

Gastro Obscura | Michael Twitty

Gastro Obscura | Michael Twitty

James Beard Award–winning author Michael W. Twitty in Virginia's 18th-century time capsule known as Colonial Williamsburg, where the legacy of millions of African Atlantic people survives in food.

Gastro Obscura | Kate MacDonald

Gastro Obscura | Kate MacDonald

Kate MacDonald’s dream is that Cincinnati will one day be thought of as a great wine-producing region along the lines of Bordeaux or Napa. In her winery, she creates unique wines from American heritage grape varieties grown in the Ohio River Valley.

Gastro Obscura | Adán Medrano

Gastro Obscura | Adán Medrano

Join writer, cook, documentarian and Texan Adán Medrano as he forages and cooks with quelitre native to Texas and northeastern Mexico, an edible leafy green, that connects his past with the present, using recipes and ingredients from his mother.

Gastro Obscura | Priya Krishna

Gastro Obscura | Priya Krishna

Priya Krishna is a food reporter for the New York Times and a the author of the popular cookbooks Indianish and Cooking at Home. She traces the roots of her successful career back to a recipe from a kids cookbook that opened her eyes and “sparked” her unique perspective in the food world.

Cutting Along the Grain

Cutting Along the Grain

Glenn Spencer now runs the most exclusive barber shop in the small, Kentucky town, Mt. Sterling—from his garage.

Breaking Through

Breaking Through

When breakdancing first emerged on the streets of New York City in the 1970s, few, if any, women were accepted into the male-dominated sport.

Gift of Hearing

Gift of Hearing

Nadine and Mike Mohney’s journey to get cochlear implants for their young son James.

Painting the National Pastime

Painting the National Pastime

Graig Kreindler is a talented, classically trained painter who has devoted his talents and passion to bringing baseball history to life through fine art.

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Gastro Obscura | Joseph Yoon
Gastro Obscura | Farrell Monaco
Gastro Obscura | Jen Monroe
Fork 2 Farmer | Chickadee Farms
Fork 2 Farmer | Crystal Coast Oysters
Fork 2 Farmer | J.W. Merrell Farm
Gastro Obscura | Michael Twitty
Gastro Obscura | Kate MacDonald
Gastro Obscura | Adán Medrano
Gastro Obscura | Priya Krishna
Cutting Along the Grain
Breaking Through
Gift of Hearing
Painting the National Pastime

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