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    Good Food

    The Evolution of the TV Cooking Show

    Kathleen Collins is the author of Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows .  The very first cooking show on TV was I Love to Eat, hosted by culinary legend James Beard.  The show ran for one season on NBC.  Later, Julia Child popularized the genre with The French Chef on PBS, which premiered in 1963.  In the early…

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kathleen Collins is the author of Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows. The very first cooking show on TV was I Love to Eat, hosted by culinary legend James Beard. The show ran for one season on NBC.

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    Mother’s Day; Foie Gras Wars; 40-Pound Cabbage; Goat Soup
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:31Goat Soup
    3. 15:36Under the Tuscan Gun
    4. 22:30Not Becoming My Mother
    5. 30:25A 40-Pound Cabbage
    6. 37:16The Take Home Chef
    7. 44:16Foie Gras Wars
    8. 51:17The Evolution of the TV Cooking ShowYou’re reading this
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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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    The full episode

    8 of 8
    Mother’s Day; Foie Gras Wars; 40-Pound Cabbage; Goat Soup
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:31Goat Soup
    3. 15:36Under the Tuscan Gun
    4. 22:30Not Becoming My Mother
    5. 30:25A 40-Pound Cabbage
    6. 37:16The Take Home Chef
    7. 44:16Foie Gras Wars
    8. 51:17The Evolution of the TV Cooking ShowYou’re reading this
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