TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pollan,Michael
TI  - Cooked: a natural history of transformation 
SN  - 1594204217
AV  - TX652 .P646 2013
U1  - 641.5 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - The Penguin Press
KW  - Cooking
KW  - Cooks
KW  - Cookbooks
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Why cook? -- Part I: Fire : creatures of the flame -- Part II: Water : a recipe in seven steps -- Part III: Air : the education of an amateur baker -- Part IV: Earth : fermentation's cold fire -- Afterword: Hand taste -- Appendix I: Four recipes -- Appendix II: A short shelf of books on cooking
N2  - "In Cooked, Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements--fire, water, air, and earth--to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. In the course of his journey, he discovers that the cook occupies a special place in the world, standing squarely between nature and culture. Both realms are transformed by cooking, and so, in the process, is the cook"--
ER  -