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Cooked

Season 1 2016
TV-PG

  • 2016-02-19T08:00:00Z on Netflix
  • 4h
  • 3h 34m (4 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Explored through the lenses of the four natural elements – fire, water, air and earth – COOKED is an enlightening and compelling look at the evolution of what food means to us through the history of food preparation and its universal ability to connect us. Highlighting our primal human need to cook, the series urges a return to the kitchen to reclaim our lost traditions and to forge a deeper, more meaningful connection to the ingredients and cooking techniques that we use to nourish ourselves.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2016-02-19T08:00:00Z

1x01 Fire

Series Premiere

1x01 Fire

  • 2016-02-19T08:00:00Z59m

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.

2016-02-19T08:00:00Z

1x02 Water

1x02 Water

  • 2016-02-19T08:00:00Z50m

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.

2016-02-19T08:00:00Z

1x03 Air

1x03 Air

  • 2016-02-19T08:00:00Z53m

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

Season Finale

2016-02-19T08:00:00Z

1x04 Earth

Season Finale

1x04 Earth

  • 2016-02-19T08:00:00Z52m

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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