Season 1

Season 1 (2016)


Episodes: 4

Star Cast: Michael Pollan ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 Fire

Air Date: 2016-02-19

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.

Ep.2 Water

Air Date: 2016-02-19

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.

Ep.3 Air

Air Date: 2016-02-19

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

Ep.4 Earth

Air Date: 2016-02-19

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