Cooked, by Micheal Pollan

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Broadly speaking, cooking is the process by which people transform raw ingredients into delicious and nutritious dishes. It is one of the most fascinating and valuable things that humans have achieved. Cooked chronicles the author’s culinary learning from famous chefs and tells us how each cooking method combines natural ingredients and customary practices. The book expounds a philosophy where cooking provides perspective. Cooking is instructive. It gives people a better understanding of the relation between fragile ingredient resources and civilization.