Watch The Cooking Show (2021) Online Free
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.
Cast
Massimo Bottura, Julia Child, Martha Stewart, Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein, Andrew Rea
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