Confucius Was A Foodie

14 episodes of 'Confucius Was a Foodie' as seen on PBS Stations across America.

The first season of 'Confucius Was A Foodie' will take you on a voyage of discovery with celebrity chef Christine Cushing. Her motivation is fueled by the discovery that she has much in common with 2,500-year-old Chinese philosopher Confucius. To her surprise, it turns out the ancient Chinese sch...

The second season of 'Confucius Was A Foodie' starts in London, where Christine attempts to unpack the story of tea and its connection to England. She then makes a stopover in Boston to delve into the legendary Boston Tea Party, before heading off to pick green tea leaves in Taiwan.

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Episode 5: The Big Picture
Christine meets her Chinese chef mentors, discovering her assumptions about Chinese cuisine in North America might not be true

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Christine looks for the Chinese origins of foods like ketchup, pasta, baklava, pizza, and more.

Who said it first—Confucius or Hippocrates? Christine sets off to compare the thoughts of foodie philosophers.

Christine eats her way through the Lunar calendar with traditional customs, cuisine and culture.

Noodles symbolize longevity in Chinese culinary culture and this episode has more noodles than you can imagine!

Christine meets her Chinese chef mentors, discovering her assumptions about Chinese cuisine in North America might not be true.

Learning the history of Chinese immigration in America, challenges Christine’s idea of Cantonese cuisine.

Christine ventures into the world of Sichuan cuisine and discovers the surprise of flavor over heat.

Christine explores the flavor of sweet in Chinese immigrant communities across Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia.

You'll gain a whole new appreciation for salt as you watch Christine harvest it from the sea in Thailand. "Salty" is one of five basic Chinese flavors.

Travel from London to Hong Kong to learn about the story and history of Tea. The story of tea starts in China, where legend has it that tea was discovered through leaves accidentally falling into boiling water, and continues all the way to the traditional Chinese wedding tea ceremony and the poli...

Explore Huaiyang with Christine — an exquisite cuisine historically connected to ancient Chinese poets and scholars.

Is Chinese cuisine, with its Confucian structure, really the origin of the world’s great cuisines? Find out in this episode.

The bitter flavor is often found in Chinese cooking, but rarely used alone. It is said to clear "heat", strengthen the stomach, and promote salivation

The oldest of the Chinese cuisines and with roots in dishes served to royalty, Shandong is known as the cuisine of Confucius.