On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:20 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Cooking cracks those cell membranes that the human digestion system cannot > crack. > It makes food digestible that otherwise is not digestible.
It also transforms poisons in some vegetables an tubers expanding what may be considered food. Any behavior which supports survival leads to an evolutionary advantage. Cooking food then caused a change in the species such as dental and other alimentary changes. I read this book a couple of years ago after trying to understand how Andrew Zimmern survives his bizarre foods! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465013627 T
