Cooked!

In the first part of Cooked, we explore a technology that revolutionized the way we eat: fire. Two things that really stuck out to me were:
1. Cooking food more makes it more digestible, and this had a role in the evolutionary process. When people started cooking, it changed everything about food. Pollan claims that it allowed people to focus more on art and other things, rather than constantly trying to find food, which contributed to the end of the "survival" times. Secondly, I like to eat rare steak... So I guess I won't be getting as much nutrients from it as I could. But the taste is worth it!

2. Fire bringing people together around meals. Cooking brought in the idea of "culture" that we have now. Culture is very centered on food, and we owe this to fire. Sharing a meal is what brought people together. Sharing food, leaving the survivalist mindset, began the transition to the modern world we have today, and what arguably sets us apart from animals.

The experience at Bridge's barbecue was also very interesting. as barbecue is probably one of the most primitive forms of cooking. It relates very well to the previous two points, besides tasting very good!