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The Cooking Show

Feb 14, 2021
0h 17m
★ 0.0

Overview

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

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Cast

Massimo Bottura

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Massimo Bottura

Julia Child

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Julia Child

Martha Stewart

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Martha Stewart

Nigella Lawson

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Nigella Lawson

Rick Stein

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Rick Stein

Andrew Rea

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Andrew Rea

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