Flavorful Origins - Season 2

Flavorful Origins - Season 2

Season 2

Flavorful Origins: Yun Nan

Explore the diverse flavors of China's Yunnan province and get to know the cooks and ingredients that shape its rich culinary tradition.


 

Network
Episodes10
Datessept. 9, 2019 - sept. 20, 2019
Previous SeasonNext Season

Episodes

Dairy Products
Season 2Episode 112 min

Dairy Products

Yunnan is known for a variety of dairy products, including Dali rushan: thinly sliced cheese that can be fried, grilled or dipped in honey.

sept. 9, 2019
Nan Piě
Season 2Episode 212 min

Nan Piě

A local wild berry features in nanpie, which refers to different types of flavorful pastes made from mashed vegetables or fish.

sept. 10, 2019
Sa Piě
Season 2Episode 312 min

Sa Piě

Sa is a culinary tradition that pairs cold meat or raw vegetables with a versatile sauce that is often mixed with pig blood curd.

sept. 11, 2019
Lacquer Seed Oil
Season 2Episode 412 min

Lacquer Seed Oil

Derived from the fruits of the Chinese lacquer tree, qiyou is an oil used to cook eggs, congee, pork stew, roast chicken and even bee larvae.

sept. 12, 2019
Ham
Season 2Episode 512 min

Ham

Found in local moon cake fillings, Xuanwei cured ham can be thinly sliced, steamed, cooked with egg, stewed or served as cold cuts.

sept. 13, 2019
Pickled Vegetables
Season 2Episode 612 min

Pickled Vegetables

Salted and partially dried, the sow thistle can be pickled and stir-fried with pork to lend a sour, crunchy flavor, or added to white radish stew.

sept. 16, 2019
Hardy Banana
Season 2Episode 712 min

Hardy Banana

Wrapped in leaves with sticky rice or spiced fish, the Musa basjoo -- a banana found in Yunnan -- can make for a sweet snack or a savory dish.

sept. 17, 2019
Sour Fruits
Season 2Episode 812 min

Sour Fruits

Besides being an appetite stimulant, tart fruits like lemon and sour papaya can be added to shredded chicken, carp or a sauce for dousing live shrimp.

sept. 18, 2019
Rice Cake
Season 2Episode 912 min

Rice Cake

The er, a flattened rice flour cake, can be baked into a sticky snack, sliced and stir-fried with vegetables or julienned into noodle-like strands.

sept. 19, 2019
Salted Flour
Season 2Episode 1012 min

Salted Flour

Zha, an old custom, is an assortment of dried fermented vegetables or fish served as side dishes, made with ancient methods of food preservation.

sept. 20, 2019

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
Running

The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd

Did you know that a brown bear became a war hero for the Allies during WWII? Or that a flying lawnmower once killed a spectator at a football game? What about the story of the 19th century doctor who ate vomit to understand how yellow fever is transmitted?

If you haven't, then brace yourself for The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd.

Each hour-long episode will open up our cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest-but-true stories in human history, brought to life through dynamic recreation, compelling graphics, and arresting archival. These seemingly tall tales all actually happened, and our cast of experts dives into the historical record to tell you how and why.

It's a bizarro barrage of people, places and events that prove just how weird our world can be.

Out There
Upcoming

Out There

A drama that will depict the stealthy, surreptitious invasion of the land our farmers cherish, with devastating consequences, as his livelihood, homestead and family life are threatened by local county lines drugs dealers, essentially urban gangs using the British countryside as a field of operations, moving drugs and money between their inner-city hubs and provincial areas.

Life Below Zero°
Running

Life Below Zero°

Life Below Zero° follows seven people as they battle for the most basic necessities in the state with the lowest population density in the United States. Living at the ends of the world's loneliest roads and subsisting off the rugged Alaskan bush, they battle whiteout snow storms, man-eating carnivores, questionable frozen terrain, and limited resources through a long and bitter winter. Some of them are lone wolves; others have their families beside them. All must overcome despairing odds to brave the wild and survive through to the spring. Only the mentally fit will be able to endure the extreme test of isolation and endless work required to survive the many months of winter in the Alaska bush.

GenreNature
Swamp People
Running

Swamp People

The Swamp People featured in this History series are the proud descendants of French Canadian refugees who settled in the swamp region of Louisiana in the 18th century. Cameras follow members of this fiercely independent group as they struggle to preserve their way of life in the Atchafalaya Basin during the most important time of the year for them: alligator-hunting season.

Swamp People: Serpent Invasion
Running

Swamp People: Serpent Invasion

The Florida Everglades are under siege. An invasion of Burmese pythons is decimating this natural wonder of the South. Entire species of animals are being wiped out. Aggressive, ravenous and incredibly fast-breeding, these pythons have no natural predator to stop them…except for man.