Out of Eden Walk: food to power a walk around the world

The World

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is on a 24,000-mile, transcontinental journey, and he’s traveling the slow way: on foot. In this installment: the local foods he’s eaten along the way. He tells Host Marco Werman about some of the dishes he’s tasted, from a meat dumpling stew in the Palestinian West Bank, to fresh fruits and vegetables gathered on a Turkish farm, to pizza in rural India.

This story originally aired on July 11, 2024.

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