Michael Pollan 
Cooked 
A Natural History of Transformation

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NEW NETFLIX SERIES ‚It’s not often that a life-changing book falls into one’s lap … Yet Michael Pollan’s Cooked is one of them.‘ Sunday Telegraph’This is a love song to old, slow kitchen skills at their delicious best‘ Kathryn Huges, GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEARThe New York Times Top Five Bestseller – Michael Pollan’s uniquely enjoyable quest to understand the transformative magic 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.