Cooked by Michael Pollan

Extraordinary stories of transformation in a quest to uncover the fundamentals of cooking

Michael Pollan’s Cooked takes us back to basics and first principles- cooking with fire, with water, with air and with earth.

Meeting cooks from all over the world, who share their wisdom and stories, Pollan shows how cooking is at the heart of our culture and that when it gets down to it, it also fundamentally shapes our lives.

Filled with fascinating facts and curious, mouthwatering tales from cast of eccentrics, Cooked explores the deepest mysteries of how and why we cook.

Takes us back to basics and first principles: cooking with fire, with water, with air and with earth. Meeting cooks from all over the world, who share their wisdom and stories, this title shows how cooking is at the heart of our culture and that when it gets down to it, it also fundamentally shapes our lives.

About the Author: Michael Pollan is an award-winning author, activist and journalist. His no.1 international bestselling books about the way we live today – including The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defence of Food and Cooked (also a successful Netflix series) — combine meticulous reporting with anthropology, philosophy, culture, health and natural history. Time magazine has named him one of the hundred most influential people in the world. He lives in the Bay Area of California with his wife and son.

03 Apr 2014
 

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan ISBN 9780141975627