Counter Space with Sophia Roe

Hong Kong Protest Food

Spain's Table Steaks

Exploring the future of meat from aging oxen to 3D printed steaks; Sophia elevates beef with compound butter; vegan butcher; Venezuelan making a Trump Burger.

Yemen's Coffee Conflict

A family brings coffee from a warzone to Michigan. Sophia bakes glazed coffee bundt cakes & meet the Monk of Mohka. Plus a social experiment in Black history with black coffee

France Dying on the Vine

Champagne makers grapple with the pandemic as Sophia cooks fennel crusted pork with champagne and grape sauce. We meet a bubbly empress while Taji hangs with a boozy treat dealer.

Mexico's Banned Foods

Mexico bans junk food to tackle disease as Sophia cooks a dinner with canned and frozen food. We probe trade impacts on tradition and meet snackers scouring the globe for treats.

Lebanon's Crisis Diet

Lebanon shifts away from meat amid an economic crisis as Sophia cooks a vegan Kibbeh. Meet a NY chef working in the pandemic & a prisoner who converted his bed to a grill.

Russia's Home Grown

Sanctions in Russia help spawn a new industry and Sophia makes sweet and savory Sirniki. A photographer explains why older Russians pack a month's worth of food in the pantry.

Mushrooms: 2020 Winner

We celebrate the unexpected winner of a bizarre year by digging into mushroom mania. Sophia makes wild mushroom soup and geeks out with Chile's first female mycologist.

Preserving Culture

Tank to Table

Chain Reaction

Food Fears

Self-curing

Alt Milk

Future Farms

Last Orders

Demand & Supply

Feeding Longevity

Spice Of Life

Edible Insects

Taste Of A Nation

Food Justice

Elementary Needs

Feeding On Isolation