The Cooking Show
The Cooking Show

The Cooking Show

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2021•17 min•Documentary
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Massimo Bottura
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Julia Child
Julia Child
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Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart
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Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson
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Rick Stein
Rick Stein
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Andrew Rea
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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.
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