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    Cooked

    We end this week's show with a hard sell for making food at home from a cheese nun, a BBQ pit-master and some Aboriginal goanna hunters. They're all featured in the new Netflix documentary series Cooked , which is directed by Alex Gibney and is based on Michael Pollan's book of the same name.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Mar 4, 2016 • 1 min read

    We end this week's show with a hard sell for making food at home from a cheese nun, a BBQ pit-master and some Aboriginal goanna hunters. They're all featured in the new Netflix documentary series Cooked, which is directed by Alex Gibney and is based on Michael Pollan's book of the same name.

    Pollan, who teaches at UC-Berkeley's journalism school and writes about science, farming and food production, joins Good Food to talk about bringing the major themes from his book — fire, water, air and earth — to the screen.

    Cooked premiered on Netflix on February 19. Watch a trailer from the documentary series.

    Music: "Book of the Month" by Lovage

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    Kimchi it up, the avocado invasion, 'Cooked'
    1. 0:31Kimchi it up
    2. 19:10Aburiya Raku izakaya opens up in West Hollywood
    3. 29:39The avocado invasion
    4. 38:37CookedYou’re reading this
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    Kimchi it up, the avocado invasion, 'Cooked'
    1. 0:31Kimchi it up
    2. 19:10Aburiya Raku izakaya opens up in West Hollywood
    3. 29:39The avocado invasion
    4. 38:37CookedYou’re reading this
    Back to Good Food