Hungry For Answers

Who Gets to Cook Black Food?

25min - Caroline Randall Williams travels to Nashville to learn the rich history of her hometown's culinary calling card, hot chicken. The dish's Black originators struggle to grow their business while new, white-owned hot chicken empires dominate the market.

Do You Know Sugar's Dirty Little Secret?

26min - Caroline Randall Williams traces the complicated history of sugar, from slavery to convict leasing to how it affects our bodies. Then, she meets a group of Philadelphia beekeepers changing the way their community thinks about sweet treats.

Is Jack Daniel's Black?

24min - Caroline Randall Williams learns about Nathan "Nearest" Green, a Black whiskey distiller whose central role in creating the signature taste of Jack Daniel's whiskey was lost for decades. She also meets the woman behind a new whiskey empire honoring him.

Where Are All the Black Farmers?

26min - Caroline Randall Williams digs into the compelling story behind how the Black farmer became systematically marginalized in America and the impact of that change on quality foods in Black communities.

Hungry for Answers - Trailer