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Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi

Longtime Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has taken her game to a new level with this thoughtful, entertaining series that highlights the many cultures that have contributed to today’s American cuisine. Hulu

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Sure, touring the world’s most dramatic hotels one by one is like streaming candy. But this British series goes further, putting co-hosts Monica Galetti and Giles Coren to work behind the scenes to show how much effort goes into making guests happy. BBC Select

Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Chef Ramsay, having built his TV career on kitchen tirades, shows a friendlier face in this series that tracks his globe-trotting search for culinary inspiration. He’s no Anthony Bourdain, but he is an insightful guide. Disney+

World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals

Forget Airbnb. This tour of rentals will have you dreaming bigger about your next getaway, be it a remote Alaskan lighthouse, a Japanese ski chalet, or a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece. Netflix

Down to Earth With

Zac Efron

The screen star and a buddy who’s a wellness guru travel from Iceland to Iquitos to explore how people are developing sustainable new ways to live and eat on a planet with limited resources. Efron’s curiosity is inspiring, as are the locales. Netflix

The Kindness Diaries

Leon Logothetis is a rich man who travels the world on a vintage motorcycle with empty pockets, relying on the kindness of strangers for gas, food, and shelter. He repays kind deeds severalfold, which feels a bit contrived. But oh, the places he goes. Discovery+