2013 ShortDocs Challenge: Appetite
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Appetite for a Sweet Life
2013 / 0
Aya Mostafa explores the right appetite to maintain a healthy life.
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Making a Bitter Beast into a Sweet Meat
2013 / 03:00
How do you take an animal once on the endangered species list, and turn it into dinner?
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Appetite for Home: Bitter-Sweet Memories of Learning to Cook & Eat in America
2013 / 02:52
Longtime New Yorkers recall family cooking traditions and foods from home that have been lost to immigration.
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Bitter Sweet Beginnings
2013 / 02:58
Faced with their impending graduation, three Duke seniors reminisce about their freshman days and remember how a unique community was created around food.
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Umami in the Dark
2013 / 03:00
Hungry for the unknown, a New York City couple experiences their first taste of umami.
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Umami (or Oooh-Mommy); The Mother of All Appetites
2013 / 02:57
We all start out with one appetite, the appetite for our mother's breastmilk.
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Between Two Buns: The Sweet Story of Burger Sobriety
2013 / 03:00
For Andrew's sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience.
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Bittersweet TV
2013 / 03:00
A television studio executive is challenged to dream up a ludicrous reality TV show idea and succeeds.
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Selling Sweet and Salty
2013 / 02:57
How does light, sound and language change the perception of food?
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Bitter Taste of Murder
2013 / 02:41
Will the intrepid detective solve the murder most foul at Tragedy Castle?
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Sweet Memory Rooh Afzah
2013 / 02:41
Eva Panjwani was five years old when she emigrated from Pakistan to the United States.
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Taste of Bitter Love
2013 / 02:35
Coffee roaster Hans-Erik discusses taste associations and developing a taste vocabulary.
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A Sister's Sweet Victory
2013 / 02:56
My passion, hunger and desire to find my sister; strangely connected through food.
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Sweet Aunt Nuska
2013 / 03:00
Aunt Nuska has lost her appetite and the whole family bonds together to find a remedy for her.
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The Sweet Note
2013 / 03:00
My father expresses his long-lasting appetite for the guitar and finding that sweet note.
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Sweet Discoveries: One Man's Life as a Dumpster Diver
2013 / 02:59
Elizabeth goes on a walk with Andy, her former housemate, and asks him about living off of food from dumpsters.
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Deep Sweet Roots
2013 / 02:22
Moi is a third generation Hawaiian who runs a shack by the side of the road.
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The Bitter, the Sour and the Sweet
2013 / 02:08
My sleeping habits compared to a restaurant menu, including three courses; starter, main dish, dessert.
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The Sweet Pursuit
2013 / 03:02
It's only human to crave more than the bare essentials in life, but for these vinyl collectors the hunt has become pure addiction.
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Sweets... A Guilty Pleasure
2013 / 02:53
Sitting at home, on the last day of the weekend, what can one do but eat everything sweet in the kitchen.
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Sin, Stanzas and Sweetness: A Las Vegas #ShortDoc
2013 / 02:31
What are folks on the Las Vegas Strip hungry for?
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There's No Saccharine in this Sweet School
2013 / 03:00
Follow Sierra on her progressive college journey as she realizes that finding the right college is as difficult as Goldilocks finding the right bowl of porridge.
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The Bitter End
2013 / 02:58
The quest to follow the chain of meat production - what happens to that steak before it gets to the plate?
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The Good, the Bad & the Umami: If your life was a food dish...
2013 / 03:00
A proverbial potluck of the soul is prepared by asking local Arcata artists, "If your life was a food dish what would it be?"
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Pursuing Sweet Success: Running the Krispy Kreme Challenge
2013 / 02:57
Julie and Stacy run the Krispy Kreme Challenge: 5 miles, 12 donuts, 2,400 calories, one hour.
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A Sweet Martini Memory
2013 / 03:00
A dry martini in the afternoon proved effective in helping a widowed mother navigate the lonely shoals that lay between 4 and 6 p.m.
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Sweet Dream
2013 / 02:05
A man remembers a dream, a snack and an idea about sound by filmmaker Robert Bresson.
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Sweet Smell O' Mine
2013 / 02:23
The story of how anosmia (lack of a sense of smell) affects my appetite.
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Umami Office
2013 / 02:44
Researchers from the Egyptian TV show Al Bernameg are trying to lose weight, stay fit or just enjoy food at the office.
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Umami Can't Cook Like Mine
2013 / 02:59
The tradition of cooking has been passed down in my family through three generations: my grandma, my mom and me.
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Eros the Bittersweet: An Edible Riff
2013 / 03:00
An audio prose poem, mixing chocolate with desire.
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Not So Sweet on New School Lunch
2013 / 02:39
Michelle Obama's new school lunch program gets sour reviews from Paonia High School students.
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Beer & Food, Neil & Eric: Two Sweet Pairings
2013 / 03:00
An underground supper club pairs beers with dinners, served in a Mission District apartment kitchen in San Francisco.
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The Sweet Taste of Second Street
2013 / 02:40
Three courses of the Second Street Market at the University of Dayton - the market, the consumers and the producers.
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An Appetite for Affirmation: The Bittersweet of Pleasing Your Parents and Pleasing Your Self
2013 / 03:00
Most of us go to college to make our dreams happen, but what do you do when what you want might not be the same as what your parents want?
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Sweet Jesus
2013 / 03:21
A mission for lamb leads to an awkward encounter with an affluent neighbor - and Jesus is to blame.
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Blackbird Pot Pie: Not the Pie Umami Made
2013 / 02:53
2013 People's ShortDoc Award Winner! For some South Jersey residents, "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is more than just a nursery rhyme; it's supper.
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Sweet Taste of Shelbyville
2013 / 03:07
One small town's claim of fame is a local bakery whose pastries have created a strong tradition.
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Sweet Treats for Romy
2013 / 02:57
For Romy Klecker, who spent her childhood in the GDR, sweet food was scarce, but in 1989 when the wall fell, a whole new world of treats opened up to her.
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Sweeter Memories
2013 / 03:00
The story of a young man who has an appetite for adventure and tries to leave home as fast as he can.
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Sweet as Pie
2013 / 02:58
A true story: when we bought the crack house, we got more than we'd bargained for.
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Sweet Dreaming Orchid
2013 / 03:01
You will see things you never even dreamed were there - or how an appetite for orchids is edifying.
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The Sweet and Sour Craving for Risk
2013 / 03:02
Risk presented in three different courses: 1) Craving 2) We Can't Help It 3) Living Life to the Fullest.
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Sweet Cheesecake Heartbreak: Three Dates
2013 / 02:45
Spicy kielbasa, sweet cheesecake, and a glass of merlot: the foodstuffs of great and horrible dates.
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The Unexpected Sweetness
2013 / 03:35
Flowed mellow audio file that is down tempo but upbeat at the same time.
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Minnesota Sweets
2013 / 02:48
Sweet corn - a great way to get fat and sleepy - is the subject of this true tale of animal, man and machine.
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In Search of Bitter Greens
2013 / 02:47
With the guidance of an outdoor educator, the producers learn to forage for their supper.
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Journey to Umami
2013 / 02:32
Traveling the on road to Umami, she wondered who or what she would meet along the way.
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The Sour Side of Volunteering
2013 / 03:00
Two insiders talk about the underbelly of a documentary film festival, the world of volunteer victuals.
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She's Not Bitter
2013 / 02:57
Haley's long list of food allergies have changed her life, but not her positive attitude.
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A Bagel's Bitter End
2013 / 03:01
I almost burned down Dunkin' Donuts trying to cook a bagel for my sister.
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Sweet and Sour Tiffany: Chinese Naming Menu
2013 / 03:00
If you could pick your own name what would you choose? Three Chinese students living in Australia explain their name choices.
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Sweet Muscles
2013 / 02:57
70% of Tamara's life is about her diet, with one aim: to become the best female bodybuilder in the country.
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Sweet Empty Calories: HEART DISEASE
2013 / 03:00
How an appetite for the wrong foods can kill you, and the role it plays in heart disease (the number one killer of women).
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Life Is Sweet Again
2013 / 03:00
Lucy Beesley's determination to fight off cancer and live normally has resulted in a life even sweeter than before.
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Sweet Elizabeth
2013 / 02:45
An audio portrait detailing the effects of a lost appetite on friendship.
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There's No Umami in the Army
2013 / 03:00
Former military chef Danny Davis takes us through a 24-hour ration pack.
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Sel: Trois Façons (Salt: Three Ways)
2013 / 02:59
2013 ShortDocs Winner! No one has an appetite for perfection and swearing like a Québécois in search of poutine.
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The Umami of Customer Service
2013 / 02:52
Yeah, we all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?
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The Sweetest Meat
2013 / 02:50
A cannibal finds that she no longer has the appetite for the things she used to.
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Lucy's Sweet Cakes
2013 / 02:56
Eighty-three year-old Lucy Johnson has always been obsessed with sweets, but one day she lost her taste for them and her world was turned upside down.
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Bittersweet Apostrophe's
2013 / 02:00
The story of a lifelong relationship with fast food and the consequences that come with it.
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Salt of the Earth
2013 / 02:23
A group of well-known East Coast sous chefs tell of their humble beginnings and love of life in the kitchen.
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From Sweet Appetite to a Healthy Appetite
2013 / 02:30
If you want to be healthy and fit, you must well inform your appetite.
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The Sweet Taste of Couscous
2013 / 03:00
My grandparents had very little in common except for their appetite for couscous.
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Truck Wild and Ramped Umami Stories
2013 / 03:00
Former coal miner and mountain man extraordinaire Jay Spencer hunts for aromatic wild leeks in the forest outside Richwood, West Virginia, a lumber town and Ramp Capital of the World.
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The Smell of Salt
2013 / 02:55
The story of an acclaimed chef and mothers journey searching for finding and understanding success.
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The Bittersweet Taste of Sports Gambling
2013 / 02:52
Steven, a 20-something living in Chicago, shares his appetite for the tough world of sports gambling.
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When you are 4 all you want is some sweet sweet YUM
2013 / 03:00
A conversation with my four-year-old son about what would be his favourite dinner and what flavours he would like in it.
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Essen, My Sweet
2013 / 03:00
A visit to a Jewish assisted living facility to record memories of what people hunger for over the courses of their lives.
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The Sweet Taste of Imagination
2013 / 02:36
You can eat a sumptuous three-course meal when you're sick if you use a little bit of imagination.
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Bitter Destruction, Sweet Return
2013 / 02:59
Six people working at restaurants near the Boston Marathon explosions share their experiences as they re-open their doors to customers hungry for the city to return to normal.
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Julia and the Bag of Sweet Buns
2013 / 03:00
Broadcaster Marion Kane travels to Julia Child's home to join her for breakfast.
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My Cheesecake, My Sweet Self
2013 / 03:00
As a teenager, Marion Kane wanted nothing more than to fit in with her peers.
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Sweet Julia
2013 / 03:01
Marion Kane explores what awakened Julia Child's passion for food and sparked her celebrity as a chef.
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The Bittersweetness of God's Love (1)
2013 / 02:50
Chuck Piekarski, Baker at God's Love We Deliver in New York, came to his job after experiencing a personal tragedy -- and now he's giving back.
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The Bittersweetness of God's Love (2)
2013 / 03:00
Lisa Zullig and her team of dietitians at God's Love We Deliver provide nutritional assistance to a diverse clientele around the metro-New York City area.
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The Bittersweetness of God's Love (3)
2013 / 02:59
Karen Pearl, CEO of God's Love We Deliver, explains the mission of the organization, and Hassan Mazyan Jr., a client, describes its impact on his life.
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The Sour Taste of Potlucks
2013 / 02:57
My mom and I don't agree on much, but we can agree on one thing - potlucks are the pits.
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Ethiopian Coffee - The Sweet Ritual of Togetherness
2013 / 02:21
Guenet Sebsibe shows how she keeps an important Ethiopian cultural tradition alive.
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Dear Sweet Mike Levey
2013 / 02:59
An ode to the late great infomercial host and to the realization that we all hunger for something.
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Salty Ceebu Jen
2013 / 02:27
Ceebu Jen, a traditional dish in the West African country of Senegal, is not as simple to make as it might seem.
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Sweet and Low-Down in My House
2013 / 02:58
A documentary story of hating, loving, wanting and making sound.
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Bittersweet Courses for Horses
2013 / 03:01
Man's appetite for money may mean the end of three courses for horses.
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My Umami Gas Mask
2013 / 02:58
2013 ShortDocs Winner! A bleak future with nothing good to eat... except your gas mask.
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The Low, Slow 'n' Sweet Times of Clyde Biggins
2013 / 03:05
Clyde Biggins lost everything, but now he's back to reclaim his spot among barbecue legends.
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A Sweet Journey Around the World
2013 / 01:56
Get a taste of sweetness of three desserts from three different continenets around the world.
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Diana and the Bacon: a Chef's Last Salty Cravings
2013 / 03:00
A dying French chef's insatiable appetites.
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The Bitter, Sweet Taste of Life
2013 / 02:48
Three chapters about different cravings of life told by three different people.
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Me, Myself and Umami
2013 / 03:02
When it comes to appetite, our bodies can have several personalities and each part wants its say.
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The Farm-Fresh Egg: A Sweet Return
2013 / 02:58
The locavore movement is sweeping the nation - and cookbook author Jennifer Thompson and a farmers market vendor explain why fresh eggs are the best eggs.
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A Bitter Fight Against Child Hunger
2013 / 02:45
Shannon Coffin of Good Shepherd Food Bank talks about the fight against child hunger in Maine.
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Sweet, Sweet Victory
2013 / 03:00
A regular at Victory's Banner restaurant in Roscoe Village, Marge Stumpf doesn't show up one day.
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A Bitter Betrayal
2013 / 03:03
What happens when you try to order 'the usual' at your neighborhood joint - and can't?
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Sweet In Action
2013 / 02:41
When we feel bad we often make ourselves feel worse when better is so much easier than we think.
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Home Sweet Homemade Bread
2013 / 02:33
My mom has been making homemade bread for as long as I can remember; here is her recipe.
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Bitter Herbs, Sweet Freedom
2013 / 03:00
At a Passover dinner, two friends celebrate their exodus from a fundamentalist Hasidic community.
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Suite for a Salty Standard
2013 / 02:59
My neighbor Ellen swings a classic (from the I Hate to Cook Book, circa 1960.)
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My Mommy's Umami Latkes
2013 / 03:00
Once a year my extended family comes together for three courses in tradition: making latkes, dinner conversation and finally, the ongoing memories we create together during our annual Hanukkah party.
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Chocolate is a Sweet Distraction
2013 / 03:00
The founder of Patric Chocolate finds his way to love and sweets in an unexpected way.
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A Sweet Boy That Can't Savor
2013 / 02:55
For most New Yorkers being surrounded by food is a blessing, but for one boy in Queens it's tormenting.
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One Man's Sour is Another Man's Sweet
2013 / 02:56
Maximus Thaler has an interesting relationship with food.
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Sweet, Sweet Solitude
2013 / 02:42
A young girl rants about annoyances that are brought up frequently in her daily life while listing why her way of living is superior to most others.
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Feast and Famine: A Bitter Cure to Finally Forgetting Your Ex
2013 / 02:50
Kurt Callum woke up one morning and realized he had gone fourteen days straight without thinking even once of his ex or their bitter break-up.
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Bottling Hell: Remembering Mr. Murphree and the Spicy-Sweet Datil Pepper of St. Augustine
2013 / 03:00
"Bottled hell" is a local term for the blow-your-socks off spicy datil pepper sauce ubiquitous in St. Augustine, FL.
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Salty Relocation
2013 / 02:05
Chronicling my love for snacks amidst my relocation from the U.S. to Cairo, Egypt.
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The Last Morning was a Sweet One
2013 / 02:56
2013 ShortDocs Winner! A short story in sounds of our food's start to finish, from morning to night (though not necessarily in the same day!)
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Sounds Tasty, Salty Too
2013 / 03:00
Bartleby's appetite for fun sets he and his brother Artemus on their way for their smallest adventure yet, into the game room for an unexpectedly flavorful time.
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One Man's Sour, Another Man's Sweet
2013 / 03:00
Kerry Klein brings reclaimed food to a potluck - and doesn't tell anyone.
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The Road to Umami
2013 / 02:57
The fate of every farm animal, in three parts: life, death, and consumption.
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The Sweetest Love
2013 / 03:00
One new mother explains how her eating habits have changed as she develops her unborn baby's appetite.
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U-mami My Life
2013 / 02:52
Having a long distance relationship is like having the best yet never satisfying three-course meal over and over again.
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Bitter Yellow Pills
2013 / 03:01
Lorraine explores what happens when the body gets an appetite for itself.
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All Foods Lead to Home (Sweet Home)
2013 / 03:13
Road Rage is transformed by Passionately Prepared Comestibles.
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The Problem With Salty Water
2013 / 03:00
An automated teller machine discusses awkward moments, consumer culture and why she needs it to survive.
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My Sweet Brother
2013 / 03:14
Elaine Taylor's brother Clark has kidney disease - and it's been progressing for years.
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Sweet Ratio(n)
2013 / 03:00
As he pursued a pro cycling career, the formula that helped J also hurt him, too.
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Barry Chung's Sweet n' Sour Home
2013 / 03:00
Once the child of a family living in poverty in Hong Kong, Barry Chung is now a professor at Indiana University.
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Smells like Umami: I Can't Quite Put My Finger On It
2013 / 02:53
Alex Lane subjects himself to a five alarm chili shock treatment in an effort to resurrect the olfactory system that he's never known.
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Umami Grease
2013 / 03:00
In three courses, we discover the relationship between man and grease: the history, the culture and the conflict.
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Fear Tastes Like Salt Feels
2013 / 03:00
A tale, fearsome and salty, of restricting restrictions told from the safe side of a youth, that is, beyond it.
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A Bittersweet Experiment
2013 / 02:56
Two producers explore the hungers generated from living on an island in Alaska and some attempts at satisfying them.
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The Bitter-Sweet Story of a Migrant Worker
2013 / 03:00
Somchai Sriweawnetr's quick thinking and courage helped to save 5 Americans in 1979 Iran.
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Sweet Chili Baby
2013 / 02:50
A talk with Amos and Ruth in their kitchen as they share their excitement for food and speculate on how it will be passed on to the next generation.
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The Sweet Tweet Suite
2013 / 02:59
When your appetite is for nature and for unusual sounds then you have to go on the odd adventure...
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Inside The Leaf It's Bittersweet
2013 / 03:03
The Dolemouse: a nutty study on optimal foraging theory.
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Sour Stomach: Where's the Bathroom?
2013 / 03:00
IBS is gross, funny and crappy (pun intended) to live with and it tries to dictate my life.
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This Sweetness is Metaphysical
2013 / 03:00
This is a story about adventuring, eating vegan food and smoking weed with your partner.
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The Bitter Loss of Flavour
2013 / 03:00
The sunny bike ride that taught one young woman the painful difference between taste and flavour.
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The Sour Taste of Appetite
2013 / 03:00
After listening to friends give their ideas on the word 'appetite,' I realized just how much anorexia has changed my view.
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Umami to the Ears
2013 / 02:40
Weirdo Records is a closet-sized vinyl shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Angela Sawyer hosts experimental music concerts, for those with a unique and unorthodox musical taste.
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The Soul is Bittersweet
2013 / 02:55
The Hare Krishna Temple offers a free meal, in the hopes that those who visit will leave with a satisfied appetite; physically, mentally, and spiritually.
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Prunes, Eggs, and Sweet Marshmallows: Eating with My Grandmas
2013 / 03:00
Instructions on how to recreate my grandmothers' favorite meals.
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The Sweet and Kind Benton House Pantry
2013 / 03:14
A visit to the weekly Friday Food Pantry at Benton House.
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An Injection of Sweetness
2013 / 03:00
When Joanne decided to spice up her diet, she got a little more than she bargained for.
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Salty Import
2013 / 02:50
Our curiosity begs the question, "How did I get here?" and our eating habits answer it.
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Summersault featuring Lumberjockey
2013 / 03:00
Scott Barber aka Lumberjockey discovered at 15 that he needs to pay close attention to everything that goes into his body.
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Sweet Stalking the Wild Rhubarb
2013 / 03:00
After generous winter rains the Sonoran Desert offers up wild rhubarb, and ethnobotanist Martha Ames Burgess knows where to look for it and how to turn it into a juicy desert dessert.
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Bittersweet Grief in 3 Courses
2013 / 02:44
Writer Zarina Zabrisky talks about her family's history and how it informed her relationship with food.
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Sweet Order
2013 / 03:00
An insatiable passion for keeping lists brings order to each new day... and prepares for the next.
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The Bitter Taste of Reality
2013 / 03:00
Matthew is like every normal teenager with a hunger for independence, but he faces a few unique challenges.
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Sweet Baby June Eats the World
2013 / 02:47
One night in the life of our 8 month old daughter, June.
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Sweet, Salty, Umami Love
2013 / 03:00
A candid conversation with a former lover about my appetite for romance, relationships, and love.
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The Sweet Life On Tour (or Ben Eats A Lobster Roll)
2013 / 03:00
My friend Ben eats his first lobster roll while we're on tour in Portland, Maine.
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Umami Sunshine
2013 / 03:00
An exploration of the role of appetite in elderly health as well as the scientific basis of umami (also known as L-glutamate or glutamic acid), with ukelele accompaniment.
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The Bitter Story of the Saddest City in the World
2013 / 02:51
The forgotten story of the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871 told in three courses: the calm before the storm, the firestorm's appetite, and the recovery.
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Life Is Sweet - as Long as It's Smeared with Skippy Peanut Butter
2013 / 03:00
What happens when the only foods you'll eat are French fries, peanut butter, and pizza - but you're a grown-up? - an exploration of adult extreme picky eating.
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BuzzyNumbingElectricSourSpice
2013 / 03:00
The Sichuan Peppercorn provides a confusing, disorienting and compelling flavor to the spicy cuisine of Sichuan.
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Sweet Nothings
2013 / 03:00
A lady lacking a sweet tooth does her bit for those with malnutrition, by losing - and finding - her appetite.
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The Sweet Bitter End
2013 / 03:00
Raima Fernald's two sons were born with a debilitating neurological disease - one found a way out.
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Bottled Zeitgeist: The Bitter Spirit of the Times
2013 / 02:15
What if you could bottle time, shove it in a cellar for twenty years and break it out at dinner parties?
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Bland Is Sweet
2013 / 03:00
Erica Bland wishes she didn't have to travel so far to eat at her favorite restaurants.
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Bittersweet; Butter Up
2013 / 03:02
A story about my dad, and how life eventually altered his appetite.
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Bittersweet Forevers
2013 / 02:59
Some decisions are easily forgotten, well others will stick with you always.
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Love Tastes Like Umami Poutine
2013 / 02:59
A love story about food, a food story about love in three courses: poutine, foie gras, bone marrow.
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Bittersweet Muffins
2013 / 02:51
A young veteran shares stories of appetite during his years in the military.
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A Vegetarian's Umami Dilemma
2013 / 03:00
Katherine was a vegetarian and thought she hated meat -- until she tasted elk.
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Umami for the Finish: MRs. TasTy Breaks Down Kimchi
2013 / 03:00
MRs. TasTy LanDed hEr Vegetarian SPace StaTioN in the MidWesT and StarTed heR CooKing ShoW; ToDaY ShE TeACheS uS AbOuT KimChi.
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Sweet Deals & Salty Licks
2013 / 03:00
Behind the scenes at a dairy cow auction in Old Chatham, New York.
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Very Sweet with Edge of Tartness
2013 / 03:01
Rachel Steinhardt encounters an unexpected memento of her grandmother's life.
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For Maine's Francos, Food Memories Are Bittersweet
2013 / 03:00
Three Franco-Americans in Maine still have an appetite for their culture's humble cuisine, which isn't esteemed like fancy French food.
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A Juicy Trip from Bitter to Savory
2013 / 03:00
A milestone birthday inspires an extreme juice quest.
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Home Sweet Home
2013 / 03:22
Robert Lipman, a freshman at the University of Chicago who also runs an underground pop-up gourmet restaurant in Hyde Park, discusses the surprising, nearly fatal reason for his insatiable appetite to serve high-end food.
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Salt On the Lips
2013 / 03:00
2013 ShortDocs Winner! David channels his frustrated desires into detailed fantasies for the perfect sensual feast.
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The Bitter Journey of a Chicken
2013 / 01:30
A chicken goes on a journey to find his life's destiny and succeeds.
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Sweet Dreams
2013 / 02:00
You need a lot to accomplish your dreams, but it is your choice to pursue it or not.
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How Sweet it is to be a Piece of Meat
2013 / 03:00
A look at how our appetites can take perverse shapes and make us see our bodies in a completely different way.
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Sweet Sister Sarah Steps Out On Faith
2013 / 03:01
Sarah Riley leaves Los Angeles to help out her sister in Oklahoma but not before her neighbor Tim has Sister Sarah over for some spaghetti.
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Home Bitter/Sweet Home
2013 / 03:00
Martha, a half-Chinese, half-Uruguayan Italian citizen, finds home where she least expects it.
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My Bitter Self-Discovery
2013 / 03:00
A personal narrative attempting to better understand my relationship with food.
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That's So Sweet You Shouldn't Have
2013 / 03:30
What happens when you stop eating dessert but can't bring yourself to say "No" to people's generosity?
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Three Bitter Stories of Food and a Cruel Song
2013 / 03:15
Three stories in French: poison, horrible cookies and a cannibal.
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COMPETITIVE EATING = UMI? OR UMAMI
2013 / 04:01
Legend has it that on July 4, 1916, four immigrants had a hot dog eating contest at Coney Island to determine the most patriotic; Crazy Legs Conti is the ultimate American.
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A Bitter Life
2013 / 02:36
Helping to create a conscience, informing people of the world's biggest injustice, and promoting social responsibility.
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This Umamican Life
2013 / 03:00
Three acts of This Umamican Life here in Austin, TX in the style of This American LIVE, the live theatre show inspired by This American Life.
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Don't Forget to Feed Your Soul... Food (A Salty Reminder)
2013 / 00
My mom, some crystals and an unexpected appetite.
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Umami and Daddy too!
2013 / 02:55
Olga likes borscht. Ryan Poli at work, and Leah Cowen asks the musical question "Can You Feed My Appetite?"
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