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
Crew
Anna Bates
Director
Elizabeth Glickfeld
Director
Wendy Short
Editor
Chris Grieves
Sound
Rosalita Baldassin
Researcher
Misato Ehara
Researcher
Lara Machado
Researcher
Ruth Mitchell
Researcher
Pin-Chieh Pan
Researcher
Carmel Wilkinson-Ayre
Researcher
Tom Bellamy
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Mike Gautrey
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Jana Scholze
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Andrew Tullis
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Mauny Wright
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Fumiko Yamazaki
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