10 May 2007
How to Cook Your Life
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.
The Cooking Show
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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Massimo Bottura Himself
Julia Child Herself
Martha Stewart Herself
Nigella Lawson Herself
Rick Stein Himself
Andrew Rea Himself
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