Grace Dent is right: 'The magic is in the make-believe – we don’t mind the smoke-and-mirror nature of these shows, not least because they provide a valuable counselling service at a very stressful time.' Give me a holiday cookery show with #foodhistorians #IvanDay, #AnnieGray, etc., in it any time. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/14/grace-dent-tv-christmas-specials-comment-recipes-just-here-to-gawp-review #holidays #foodstudies #cookeryshows #foodhistory

Grace Dent is right: 'The magic is in the make-believe – we don’t mind the smoke-and-mirror nature of these shows, not least because they provide a valuable counselling service at a very stressful time.' Give me a holiday cookery show with #foodhistorians #IvanDay, #AnnieGray, etc., in it any time. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/14/grace-dent-tv-christmas-specials-comment-recipes-just-here-to-gawp-review #holidays #foodstudies #cookeryshows #foodhistory

Morning fellow Mastodonites. Have a great day. I'm doing nothing today, except watching the the Christmas cooking on the food channel and relaxing with the dog.
#Christmas #Food #CookeryShows #ChristmasRecipes #LazySunday