Cooked - Season 1

Cooked

Season 1

2016 • 4 Episodes

Episodes

Fire - Cooked

1. Fire

8.0

February 19, 2016

With help from Aboriginal hunters and a barbecue pit master, Pollan shows how fire shaped human gastronomy, and weighs our duty to the animals we eat.

Water - Cooked

2. Water

February 19, 2016

Pollan looks to the kitchens of India for a lesson in the value of pot cooking and examines the consequences of eating highly processed food.

Air - Cooked

3. Air

February 19, 2016

Visit food labs and Moroccan fields as Pollan delves into the science of bread-making and the nature of gluten.

Earth - Cooked

4. Earth

February 19, 2016

Discover how microbes help turn raw ingredients into delicacies like chocolate and cheese as Pollan tackles the mysterious process of fermentation.