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A vastly informative docuseries about how humans have changed the way of eating, experiencing, and supplying food. The industry of food episode was kind of upsetting because of the information of the vast amount of innocent animals humans kill to enjoy a meal is astounding. I know, I know, shaming people for eating meat isn't necessarily a popular thing, but if you just think about it, just for a moment, it's extremely disturbing (at least to me). These animals are born in this world for one purpose; to be slaughtered so some person that has never met it or got to know this animal can eat it. It's upsetting to me, it really is. I can't stress enough how disrespectful humans are to animals. But I was definitely glad to see in the episode that there's a company in the Netherlands that produces vegetarian based meat, which yes we do already have meat alternatives, but this company seemed like it was very evolved in their recipes, and has high hopes for people switching from real meat to their fake meat. It does give me a little bit of hope for the future of animals and sustainable food. I mean, in this point in time, there is no reason people still need to eat animals; it's primalistic, it's degrading, and frankly, disgusting. The only reason we are omnivores is because of survival( we hunted and trapped to survive. Do we really need to keep doing it once we have the technology to stop it?) Idk I still can't believe I used to be part of this problem. Im sorry, this wasn't supposed to be a PSA when I started this review, but I'd like people to be a little more open minded when it comes to empathy. Animals aren't just robots. They feel, they think, and they are actual individuals. And the way humans look at them as just a source of nutrition, it's barbaric. Great series that shines light on the importance of sustainable and healthy food.

For a documentary with five episodes, this series barely touches on anything interesting or go in depth. It started out fine, looking into the invention and evolution of cooking, interviewing real hunter-gatherers and native Australians.

For me, it takes a nose dive in the following episodes because somehow, they decide the best way to tell stories of Mesoamerican cuisine is through a New York chef? Why? They also casually mention the Spaniard took the corn from Americas. I don't think that's nearly the vibe of the actual exchange. Also as someone who do not know much about food or history, it is insane to me that the documentary paints the Columbian exchange as a positive thing. It decimated local population by bring diseases. I get this is a series about food but the creators could at least mention the most remarkable thing about the event. Just when I thought the creator was going to mention it, they decide that European sailors getting gangrene from malnutrition is the saddest part of European expansion.

I am baffled at choices made in this docuseries. Eurocentric views are infuriating to watch and I hope these people can produce better more people centric documentaries in the future.

When you have a documentary with the background music at a higher volume level than the spoken audio track, what is the point? The audio is unintelligible. This is the worst documentary I've ever tried to watch. That's why I'm writing this at a three. The video is excellent the audio is horrible.