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  • Published: 28 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141975627
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $30.00

Cooked

A Natural History of Transformation




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.

  • Published: 28 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141975627
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $30.00

About the author

Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is the author of five previous books, including In Defence of Food, a number one New York Times bestseller, and The Omnivore's Dilemma, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. Both books won the James Beard Award. A long-time contributor to the New York Times Magazine, he is also the Knight Profes­sor of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.

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