麻豆约拍

'I created MasterChef'

In 1990, the cookery programme MasterChef launched on 麻豆约拍 TV

• 9 mins

When instant noodles came to India

A turning point in Indian culinary history

• 9 mins

Chef to five presidents

Cristeta Comerford was the first woman and person of colour to the White House's top chef

• 9 mins

'Kimchi war'

In the 1990s, a diplomatic dispute broke out between Japan and South Korea over kimchi

• 9 mins

Dinner for One: How an English comedy became a German tradition

The sitcom Dinner for One, recorded in 1963, has become a German New Year's Eve tradition

• 9 mins

Indian Ocean tsunami - Tamil Nadu

On 26 December 2004, communities around the Indian Ocean were swept away by a tsunami

• 9 mins

Robert Ripley and the 鈥楤elieve It or Not鈥� empire

During the Great Depression, cartoonist Robert Ripley made millions from freaky facts

• 9 mins

Creating Alexa

In 2000, two Polish students started creating a smart speaker which sounded human

• 9 mins

Marie Kondo

In 2011, Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo's first book was published.

• 9 mins