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Eat: The Story of Food

Season 1 Episode 6: Baked & Buzzed

The development of grain cultivation and cooking revolutionized human history, enabling the transition from nomadic ways of life to settled agriculture, and ultimately laying the groundwork for the rise of the first civilizations and stable family units.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Food Revolutionaries

1. Food Revolutionaries

Aired: Nov 21, 2014

Pioneers who transformed the food industry will share their compelling storie...

Episode 2 Carnivores

2. Carnivores

Aired: Nov 28, 2014

The next episode uncovers the remarkable journey of sugar, from its roots in ...

Episode 3 Sugar Rushes

3. Sugar Rushes

Aired: Dec 5, 2014

The cooked meat discovery may have been a game-changer in human evolution, al...

Episode 4 Hooked on Seafood

4. Hooked on Seafood

Aired: Dec 12, 2014

The next episode delves into the significant impact of seafood on human histo...

Episode 5 Guilty Pleasures

5. Guilty Pleasures

Aired: Dec 19, 2014

Ancestors of old would likely be perplexed by the heavily processed foods tha...

Episode 6 Baked & Buzzed

6. Baked & Buzzed

Aired: Dec 26, 2014

The development of grain cultivation and cooking revolutionized human history...

Info about Eat: The Story of Food

Network: National Geographic

Production Country: United States

Genres:History