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Book Review of Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
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He goes back and forth between the scientific (chemical reactions when cooking) and mystical (fire, water, air and earth corresponding to BBQing, stewing, baking bread and fermentation). He sounds a little like John McPhee at times, with his adulating mini-bios of various cooks. I don't think he really likes the barbequing culture, though.