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Season 1

2016 · 4 episodes

  1. 1. Fire

    2016-02-19 · 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.

  2. 2. Water

    2016-02-19 · 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.

  3. 3. Air

    2016-02-19 · 53m

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

  4. 4. Earth

    2016-02-19 · 52m

    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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