What to watch: Step it up in the kitchen with these binge-worthy food shows Story by: Breanna Bruening If you’ve found yourself cooking at home more often, relying on pizza, ramen and microwaved meals more than you’d like to admit, you may have realized that making delicious food day after day is a lot more work than you’d thought. We all have our staple meals, but a quarantine kitchen — or any kitchen — is best when it’s stocked with diversity and can be utilized for a variety of satisfying meals. Whether quarantine forced you into your own kitchen for the first time or you’ve always considered yourself a seasoned at-home chef, you can prevent kitchen boredom by expanding your mind with media centered around food and cooking. Here are our editorial picks for food shows that are both entertaining and educational:
1. Salt Fat Acid Heat [available on Netflix]: In this four-part Netflix documentary series, chef and food writer Samin Nosrat explores the four essential elements of good food: salt, fat, acid and heat. The show is based on Nosrat’s book, titled “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking.” Each episode is dedicated to one of these facets of delicious food, with Nosrat exploring a new corner of the world and highlighting how the culture she visits implements salt, fat, acid or heat in its traditional or popular cuisine. If you’re interested in exploring different cultures through food, this docu-series is for you.
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