Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation is a 2013 book by Michael Pollan. It details Pollan's attempt to learn how to cook several different foods, including barbecue pork, bread, and cheese. He said he wanted to further his culinary education to better feed his family and connect with his teenage son. In Cooked, Pollan asserts that cooking helped modern man evolve and become culturally sophisticated. The book is divided into four sections—Earth, Air, Fire, and Water—and he details how they influence the cooking process.

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
AuthorMichael Pollan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPenguin Press
Publication date
2013
Media typePaperback
Pages480
ISBN978-1-59420-421-0
Preceded byFood Rules: An Eater's Manual 
Followed byHow to Change Your Mind 

Reception

Paul Levy of The Guardian wrote: "A major work by an interesting thinker, this genre-busting volume will someday become a standard text in a standard university department—though no satisfactory one yet exists—that will teach and research the discipline of "Food Studies", encompassing economics, history, philosophy, anthropology, several fields of life sciences and the humanities."[1]

TV series

The book was adapted by Netflix into a four-part documentary series, Cooked, released on 19 February 2016. The series is produced by Alex Gibney, and Michael Pollan narrates each episode, which is themed on the four sections of the book—Fire, Water, Air and Earth.[2]

References
  1. Levy, Paul (May 22, 2013). "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan—review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  2. Genzlinger, Neil (February 17, 2016). "Review: Michael Pollan and Pangs of Guilt, Not Hunger". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2018.


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