Cooked

Season 1

2016 · 4 episodes · 3h 34m in all · 8.0/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. Fire

   19 Feb 2016 · 59 min · 8.0/10

   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.

2. 

   2. Water

   19 Feb 2016 · 50 min

   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.

3. 

   3. Air

   19 Feb 2016 · 53 min

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

4. 

   4. Earth

   19 Feb 2016 · 52 min

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