The Secrets of Britain’s Most Popular TV Cooking Programme

Dysentery Seasonalrelish is probably the UK’s latest leading celebrity cook. Her signature dish – the fish finger and tomato ketchup sandwich –according to food experts and TV critics alike – has revolutionised the whole genre of TV cooking shows.

As we all know, cooking programmes on the TV are a form of food porn. People watch these programmes not so much as a guide to how to do it themselves, but as a replacement for doing it themselves. Like porn, it is a displacement activity when the re...