The Cooking Show
Feb 14, 2021 | IMDB 0
17 min Watch NowDocumentary
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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IMDB 2 | Jul , 2019
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IMDB 0 | May , 2025
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 1996
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IMDB 5 | May , 2004
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
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