Name: Cooked
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-2-19

Cooked

As he tries his hand at baking, brewing and braising, acclaimed food writer Michael Pollan explores how cooking transforms food and shapes our world.

Starring: Michael Pollan

Creators: Alex Gibney, Michael Pollan

Trailers

58m
1. Fire
Helped by local Australian hunters and a barbecue pit master, Pollan shows how fire shaped human gastronomy, and weighs our duty to the animals we eat.
50m
2. 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.
53m
3. Air
Visit food labs and Moroccan fields as Pollan delves into the science of bread-making and the nature of gluten.
51m
4. Earth
Discover how microbes help turn raw ingredients into delicacies like chocolate and cheese as Pollan tackles the mysterious process of fermentation.

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