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.
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Documentary
17 minutes
2021
Anna Bates

1998
6.5
2000
0.0

2019
0.0

2024
0.0

2022
0.0

2023
8.0

2004
4.9

2005
2.0

2017
7.1

2024
0.0

2017
0.0
1997
0.0

1976
7.0
2000
0.0
1957
7.0

2020
9.0

2013
7.1

2024
0.0

1934
0.0
2018
0.0