Cooked — Season 1

Episodes

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  E01 Fire

  ★ 8.0

  Feb 19, 2016 · 59m

  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.

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  E02 Water

  Feb 19, 2016 · 50m

  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.

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  E03 Air

  Feb 19, 2016 · 53m

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

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  E04 Earth

  Feb 19, 2016 · 52m

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