The two flavors are mainstays on nearly every Western dining table, but their dominance was far from inevitable. In fact, their dual reign resulted from a "weird accident of history."
Listen to the Grammy-nominated folk artist perform songs from her album Stitch of the World, co-produced by Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, in her sixth appearance on the show.
This isn't a gushing ode to romance or a lamentation on lost love. Jay Som's latest track deals with the tricky, blurry feelings that fall somewhere in between.