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From lighthearted fluff to serious deep-dives on culinary history, we've found the best food content on Netflix.

With all due respect to barbecue, Ben & Jerry's and TikTok's baked feta pasta, the way to humanity's heart is not just through our stomachs. The heart needs nutrients. The brain requires refreshment. The soul must be sustained. Fortunately for the portion of humanity that is hooked on food TV shows, Netflix has delivered a new series that is not content to wow us with fabulous food and charismatic chefs. Over four illuminating episodes, "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America" nourishes viewers on multiple levels. As it explores the influence of Black American foods...

In the first episode of the new Netflix series "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America," host Stephen Satterfield explores a West African open-air market with historian and author Jessica B. Harris. NETFLIX/TNS With all due respect to barbecue, Ben & Jerry's and TikTok's baked feta pasta, the way to humanity's heart is not just through our stomachs. The heart needs nutrients. The brain requires refreshment. The soul must be sustained. Fortunately for the portion of humanity that is hooked on food TV shows, Netflix has delivered a ...

New series is not content to wow us with fabulous food and charismatic chefs

Directed by Roger Ross Williams, High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America follows the warm and reverent food writer Stephen Satterfield as he traces the origins of African-American cuisine from its roots in the slave trade in West Africa to the United States. The series’ title, an early 20th century phrase meaning to live lavishly, also draws from slavery, where slave owners would take the best parts of a pig and leave the scraps to the slaves, who created an entire cuisine out of it. The show follows a common arc: Black people face disenfranchisement, are consumed...