NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - 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: Sarah V. Burns, Alex Sherratt
Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns
NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - 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: Sarah V. Burns, Alex Sherratt
Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns
NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - 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: Sarah V. Burns, Alex Sherratt
Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns
NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - 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: Sarah V. Burns, Alex Sherratt
Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns
NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - 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: Sarah V. Burns, Alex Sherratt
Writer: Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns
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Go back in time to our earliest hunter-gatherer beginnings all the way to the future of seed storage and food production.
Genre:Documentary
Network:CuriosityStream
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Invention of Cooking" is the worst rated episode of "The History of Food". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Sarah V. Burns, Alex Sherratt and written by Alex Sherratt, Sarah V. Burns, it aired on 11/15/2018. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Agricultural Revolution".