Cooked
Season 1
20164 episodes
Episode 1
Fire
Feb 19, 201659m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
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.
Episode 2
Water
Feb 19, 201650m
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.
Episode 3
Air
Feb 19, 201653m
Visit food labs and Moroccan fields as Pollan delves into the science of bread-making and the nature of gluten.
Episode 4
Earth
Feb 19, 201652m
Discover how microbes help turn raw ingredients into delicacies like chocolate and cheese as Pollan tackles the mysterious process of fermentation.