00968cam a2200193 4500 202092028 TxAuBib 20140827120000.0 140827s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781594204210 1594204217 TxAuBib Pollen, Michael. Cooked : a natural history of transformation / Michael Pollen. New York : The Penguin Press, 2013. 468 pages. "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.". Cooking. cooks.