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Crooked Candy
Kinder Surprise eggs are enormously popular all around the world. From the foil wrapper to the chocolate shell, the plastic yolk capsule to the clever toy inside, Kinder eggs are practically a global rite of childhood. That is, except in the United States, where they're considered a choking...Watch Movie
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Around the World
Orson Welles made his first of many forays into television in 1955 when he signed on to produce, direct and host a series of twenty-six travelogues for British television. Six were ultimately broadcast, taking viewers to Paris, London, Madrid, the Basque Country and Vienna...Watch Movie
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Kings of Pastry
Imagine a scene never before witnessed: sixteen French pastry chefs gathered in Lyon for three intense days of mixing, piping and sculpting everything from delicate chocolates to six-foot sugar sculptures in hopes of being declared by President Nicolas Sarkozy one of the best. This is the...Watch Movie
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Three Stars
Focusing on ten Michelin 3 Star chefs, THREE STARS depicts the everyday drama of life in gourmet restaurants and includes exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access to some of the world’s most talented chefs as they work in their gastronomic laboratories, hunt for exquisite ingredients in...Watch Movie
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Dive!
Every year in America we throw away 96 billion pounds of food (263 million pounds a day). Inspired by a curiosity about society's careless habit of sending good, edible food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they...Watch Movie
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Monsoon-Reflections
A deeply felt reflection on labor, gender and fleeting pleasures in rural Nepal, filmmaker Stephanie Spray's short but powerful documentary on two strong-willed female field hands captures the monotonous and arduous nature of their work during Monsoon season. Spray's close...Watch Movie
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Fish Tail
Rabo de Peixe (literally translated as 'fish tail') is the name of a village in the Azores that is home to the largest collection of artisanal fisheries on the whole archipelago. The residents, mostly fishermen and their families, have relied on these waters for generations. FISH TAIL is a...Watch Movie
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John's of 12th Street
JOHN'S OF 12TH STREET is a portrait of a century-old Italian-American restaurant in New York City, one of the last of its kind in a rapidly changing East Village. This observational documentary loosely follows the rhythm of the restaurant's day, which swings between boredom...Watch Movie
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Brew Hampshire
BREW HAMPSHIRE is an award-winning feature length documentary about the rise of craft beer in the Granite State. It showcases the varying shapes and sizes of breweries in New Hampshire, the fascinating personalities behind their creations, and what it is about New Hampshire that attracts the...Watch Movie
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The Raw and the Cooked
Taiwan is known around the world as having one of the most diverse cuisines in Asia, and food is the foremost passion of its 23 million inhabitants. THE RAW AND THE COOKED is a sumptuous exploration of the island’s rich culinary traditions, and their relationship to the...Watch Movie
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Le Cirque
LE CIRQUE: A TABLE IN HEAVEN is an intimate portrait of Le Cirque founder Sirio Maccioni and his three sons (Mauro, Marco and Mario) to whom he will one day leave his formidable cultural and culinary legacy. Director Andrew Rossi not only gains unbelievable access to the larger-than-life Maccioni...Watch Movie
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Light Plate
A whimsical black and white film essay exploring the Tuscan landscape and its relationship between, tradition, modernity and food. Through shimmering hand-processed, window-framed ruminations, time passes in licks of light, while a storm gathers and a woman makes pasta by hand.Watch Movie
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Eat This New York
Featuring culinary luminaries Daniel Boulud, Sirio Maccioni, Keith McNally, Drew Nieporent, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Danny Meyer, EAT THIS NEW YORK is the story of two friends' struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world. As Billy Phelps and John...Watch Movie
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A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.
Confection manufacturers Peek Frean and Company (founded in London in 1857) commissioned this film tour of their biscuit works operation, which follows the entire process from the steam-cleaning of the large vats, to the making and kneading of dough, all the way to the loading...Watch Movie
