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.
Season 1
4 episodes
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.
Visit food labs and Moroccan fields as Pollan delves into the science of bread-making and the nature of gluten.
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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Episode 1
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.
59 min
8.0
Episode 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.
50 min
Episode 3
Air
Visit food labs and Moroccan fields as Pollan delves into the science of bread-making and the nature of gluten.
53 min
Episode 4
Earth
Discover how microbes help turn raw ingredients into delicacies like chocolate and cheese as Pollan tackles the mysterious process of fermentation.
52 min
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- Michael Pollan, Alex Gibney
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- TV-PG
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