日本是全世界食客心中的一大圣地。米其林餐厅数量居世界之首，但求匠心独运的无名小店更是数不胜数。 饮食作家马特·古尔丁走访东京、大阪、京都、福冈、广岛、北海道、能登七座日本饮食重镇，品尝每个城市的代表性食物，走访热爱并传承当地饮食文化的各色人物，将城市的历史文化也融入自己的饮食观察中。 从专业冷静的料理职人、热情如火的街头小贩，到努力在此扎根的外来移民，再到依赖美味的新老食客，正是这些千姿百态的普通民众，展现并维系着日本独特的美食风情！

In <Is Sugar The New Fat?>, Nigel interviews a number of people including pediatric endocrinologist Dr Robert Lustig, CEO of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council Katherine Rich, and food technologist Melanie Walsh. Each of these people bring very different perspectives to the discussion around sugar. Dr Lustig is one of the most outspoken voices against sugar. As the Director of Clinical Pediatrics at San Franciso Hospital, he carries not only a wealth of knowledge, but also has seen countless cases of what sugar does to the human body. His stance is there is no question as to whether sugar is toxic. He compares its effects with alcohol and tobacco, and doesn’t beat around the bush as to how harmful it is. Nigel very powerfully and cleverly illustrates the information that he is presenting with various on-location visits and interviews. He starts with a supermarket to examine the sugar content of common foods like tomato sauce, baked beans, and Marmite. He then visits a renal dialysis unit in Auckland to interview the haematologist and his patients with conditions secondary to obesity. The most eye-opening and difficult part to watch was in an operating theatre in Nelson where he interviews a dental surgeon as he pulls the teeth of children as young as two years old due to severe dental decay. The surgeon states that this level of decay can only be caused by sugar consumption. In my work as a paediatric nurse, I am constantly shocked at the amount of children who are given a supply of sugary drinks and are even given soft drinks, fruit juice, and milo in their bottles! Nothing is more convincing, though, than when Nigel volunteers his own diet and body as an experiment. Stating that he does regular exercise and considers his diet to be pretty healthy other than a couple of treats here and there, he is clearly shocked at what the results of his blood tests show. As a result, he decides to quit sugar to see if that shows any improvement. The results speak for themselves. His blood results improved dramatically and he lost about 3.5kg and a belt size. Nigel’s thinking around what is a healthy diet is very typical of our society. Most people are oblivious to how much sugar they are consuming every day, much of it hidden in everyday foods. Fortunately, thanks in part to the increased attention given by the media and documentaries like this one, our society is beginning to become more aware and more concerned about sugar consumption. In fact, the NZ Food & Grocery Council is so concerned about the increased attention towards all the sugar that’s added to food that they flew anti-tax campaigner Chris Snowdon here the same week as Nigel Latta’s documentary was released.

《孤独的美食家》是一部围绕老饕井之头五郎寻访各处美食而展开的美食漫画。 井之头五郎是一位经营进口杂货贩售的贸易商，也是一位对美食有狂热信仰的老饕，在去各地做生意的同时，寻访品味当地美食也是他生命的意义所在。在“吃饭皇帝大”信条的驱动下，他走遍深藏大街小巷的民间饭店，除了出差外他已经品尝了以东京为中心的关东地区大部分美食。漫画中省却了对美食做法的描写，重点刻画了五郎寻访和进食的过程中——一位中年男人用餐时的心理特征，这种极大满足的表情、自言自语的用餐习惯和对美食自由酣畅的态度，打动了无数漫画读者和观众，食物带来的满足与幸福感跃然纸上。 有意思的是，书中饭店餐厅及餐品在现实中也是真实存在。因为餐品确实具有特色或口味突出，而深受读者和观众好评，引发了读者走访五郎用餐饭店，品尝五郎所点餐食的美食狂潮，使漫画呈现出前所未有的阅读乐趣和互动性。 单行本《孤独的美食家》包含18个美食故事及一个特别篇，至新装版出版时，五郎用过餐的个别饭店已经消失，被不少读者引为遗憾。

早餐，最具幸福感的存在。通过讲述县乡早餐摊的温情故事，这部百集美食短视频纪录片尝试在高速奔流的时代中寻找不变的存在。4月22日起每周一到周五8:00腾讯视频纪录片全网独播。