Origin start year places a cooking technique in the year it was first developed. Sous vide, Wikipedia notes, was invented "in 1974," making it a recent addition compared with far older methods like fermentation or roasting. Browsing by origin year shows how the tools available in a kitchen have changed over time.
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Cooking, History section, archaeological evidence of cooking fires (dry-heat methods)Quote, Cooking, History section, archaeological evidence of cooking fires (dry-heat methods)
Archaeological evidence of cooking fires dates to at least 300,000 years ago, but some estimate that humans started cooking as early as 2 million years ago.
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