Cooked: Season 1 (2016)

Episodes

1. 

   Episode 1 · February 19, 2016 · 59m

   Fire

   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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2. 

   Episode 2 · February 19, 2016 · 50m

   Water

   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. 

   Episode 3 · February 19, 2016 · 53m

   Air

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

4. 

   Episode 4 · February 19, 2016 · 52m

   Earth

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