All Episodes of The History of Food

Season 1

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  8.0/107 votes

  The Invention of Cooking

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/15/2018

  Humans have depended on fire for millennia, but do we fully understand the impact it has had on our diet? When our hunter-gatherer ancestors learned to harness this tool, it ignited a culinary and cerebral revolution believed to be one of the most important factors in our evolution.

  Director: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

  Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

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  8.0/108 votes

  The Agricultural Revolution

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/15/2018

  From the first row of planted crops, the practice of agriculture rendered man's hunter-gatherer lifestyles obsolete in favor of settled life and stable food supplies. This led to a skyrocketing population and enabled humans to develop skills outside of gathering the food needed to survive.

  Director: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

  Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

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  8.7/107 votes

  Fermentation, Preservation and Exploration

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/15/2018

  Just as humans have always sought food to survive, we have also sought the means to preserve that food. Right from the very moment of a kill or a harvest, food begins to break down. With preservation, we can plan for times of scarcity during times of plenty.

  Director: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

  Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

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  8.4/107 votes

  The Industry of Food

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2018

  Industrialization brought the second great food revolution. Over the brief span of the 20th century, agriculture underwent greater change than it had since it was first practiced some 12,000 years ago.

  Director: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

  Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

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  8.4/107 votes

  The Future of Food

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2018

  Industrialized and processed food has dominated the last century. Now, the question is, what's next? We go around the world to meet pioneers in urban farming, veganism, and insect protein production to find out what will be the future of food.

  Director: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns

  Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns