The Cooking Show
The Cooking Show

The Cooking Show

2021-02-14| 17 min

The cooking show is as old as television itself. But why do we like watching the making of a meal that most of us will never cook, let alone eat? Dirty Furniture’s jam-packed video essay is a rollercoaster ride through the history of the genre, at once a staple of television viewing and a hotpot of shifting perspectives and sociocultural values.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Massimo Bottura

Massimo Bottura

Julia Child

Julia Child

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson

Rick Stein

Rick Stein

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