Nitrate

Cooked · S1 · E4

Earth

  • TV-PG
  • Feb 19, 2016
  • 52 min

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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Discover how microbes help turn raw ingredients into delicacies like chocolate and cheese as Pollan tackles the mysterious process of fermentation.

Season 1

4 episodes

  1. 1Fire

    59 minFeb 19, 2016

    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. 2Water

    50 minFeb 19, 2016

    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. 3Air

    53 minFeb 19, 2016

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

  4. 4Earth

    52 minFeb 19, 2016Now viewing

    Discover how microbes help turn raw ingredients into delicacies like chocolate and cheese as Pollan tackles the mysterious process of fermentation.