This is a fascinating and quite fresh view on a possibly groundbreaking view on the evolution of the human specie.

“Cooked food does many familiar things,” he observes. “It makes our food safer, creates rich and delicious tastes and reduces spoilage. Heating can allow us to open, cut or mash tough foods. But none of these advantages is as important as a little-appreciated aspect: cooking increases the amount of energy our bodies obtain from food.” (emphasis mine)

More than that, cooking allows us to put our soul in our food and enjoy by created masterpiece. Sure, when we do it ourselves. From this point of view fast food is soulless. All rest are just technical matter.

I love the taste of a well cooked steak or slice of roast beef or pork with a nice side of well-prepared vegetables. Especially potatoes.

not only are humans the only species not terrified of fire, they are the only species not terrified of the vacuum cleaner.

My cat, Aisha, must be human then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjqoj3u1-f0