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.
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
7.2/10
Samsara
2011
8.1/10
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
8.7/10
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
2019
6.2/10
Ronaldo
2015
7.0/10
Making Squid Game: The Challenge
2023
8.0/10
Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.2/10
Being James Bond
2021
7.8/10
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
2021
6.9/10
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10
McQueen
2018
7.5/10
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
7.0/10
Hitting the Apex
2015
7.7/10
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
6.7/10
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
6.2/10
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021
7.3/10
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
6.8/10
Dawg Fight
2015
6.5/10
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
2025
6.8/10
Room 237
2012
6.1/10
Ministry of Food Cookery Hints No. 3 - Potatoes
1940
7/10
