1. How to Cook Your Life
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
2. Michel Bras: Inventing Cuisine (Michel Bras: Inventing Cuisine)
Made in France, English subtitled. In-depth portraits of internationally acclaimed chefs featuring exclusive interviews. Michel Bras is one of France's greatest cooks, obtaining his third star in 2000 and rated #7 on the 2008 World's 50 Best Restaurants chart. We will taste four dishes, cinematographically describe what we feel, then work through each dish's culinary fabrication to the true subject of the series: investigating the ways that one invents cuisine by revisiting their space and time.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. Martha's Guests: Master Chefs
Take a tip or two from the masters of cooking as host Martha Stewart invites a variety of top chefs into her kitchen to whip-up a delectable array of tasty treats in this release that covers the gamut of international cuisine. It's a culinary world tour as Stewart is joined by chef Bobby Flay for such American fare as oven-roasted ribs, Mario Batali for the old-Italian standard spaghetti alla Carbonera, Daniel Boulud for the French favorite Cote de Bouef, Jose Hurtado for some tasty Mexican calamari, and Eileen Yin-Fei Lo for some truly picture-perfect pork buns. With all this and much, much, more, home viewers will finally have a chance to learn from the best as they create masterful meals that the whole family will enjoy.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
4. She Chef (She Chef)
We’re travelling from luxury kitchen to luxury kitchen with Agnes, from Bergisch Gladbach via Barcelona to the Faroe Islands. The cook’s luggage always includes her backpack containing various knives, cleavers and tweezers. The camera watches over the inquisitive young woman’s shoulder as delicacies are being prepared. Our mouths water. At the same time, we get insights into the different ways of running a restaurant. It’s about team spirit and equality at the stove.
5. Clarissa & the King's Cookbook
Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook, The Forme of Cury. This 700-year-old scroll was written during the reign of King Richard II from recipes created by the king's master chefs. How did this ancient manuscript influence the way people eat today? On her culinary journey through medieval history she reawakens recipes that have lain dormant for centuries and discovers dishes that are still prepared now.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
6. Bravo Chef: Italian Cuisine
Bravo Chef: Italian Cuisine September 29th, 2009. Belmundo Entertainment. 84 Minutes. See the top chefs right at work! Working side-by-side with a top chef is a shortcut to mastering special tricks and techniques. A straightforward and hands-on approach renders lengthy and boring explanations unnecessary. A modern approach to the most sacred national dishes lets you master them without fear. The chefs don't hesitate to show you their treasured techniques, they understand that sharing a secret with a kindred spirit is a joy! Recipes included: 1 - Tuscan Cantucci Biscuits. 2 - Gnocchi with Wild Mushrooms and Shellfish. 3 - Lasagna with Bolognese Sauce. 4 - Ravioli with Creamy Parmesan Filling and Beef Tartare. 5 - Seafood Risotto. 6 - Spaghetti Aglio, Olio, Peperoncino with Tuna Tartare. 7 - Tiramisu with Amaretti Biscuits. 8 - Tuna in Breadcrumbs with a Mixed Leaf Salad. 9 - Vitello Tonnato.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
7. Bravo Chef: French Cuisine
Bravo Chef: French Cuisine </p><p> September 29th, 2009. Belmondo Entertainment. 60 Minutes. See the top chefs right at work! Working side-by-side with a top chef is a shortcut to mastering special tricks and techniques.</p><p> A straightforward and hands-on approach renders lengthy and boring explanations unnecessary.</p><p> A modern approach to the most sacred national dishes lets you master them without fear.</p><p> The chefs don't hesitate to show you their treasured techniques, they understand that sharing a secret with a kindred spirit is a joy! Recipes included: 1 - Grilled Pike-Perch with Slices of Salmon.</p><p> 2 - Pan-Seared Duck Foie Gras.</p><p> 3 - Capon Bourguinon.</p><p> 4 - Grilled Quail with Mushrooms and Spinach.</p><p> 5 - Tian with Whipped Goat's Cheese.</p><p> 6 - Escargots Bourguignon Au Gratin.</p><p> 7 - Creme Brulee.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. Cooking the Ultimate Steak
Steak and potatoes - if there's a better combination out there, we've yet to taste it. Award-winning chef Alex McCoy tests a variety of methods to ensure that you cook the ultimate steak right from your home.
9. Cook With the Book
This TV series collects the basic premises to cook and eat better through the teaching of techniques, tips and secrets of cooking and nutrition within other hints to better living. A culinary trip through South America guided by some of the best chefs of the world. A space to learn, know and discover new food, ways of preparation, culture and tradition. Cooking classes that go beyond A, B, C of how to cook and look forward to the basic knowledge of what to cook, and why. Following the step by step of simple recipes we will be knitting a story involving our way of eating, social trends and personal habits. A long lasting learning experience with new acknowledgement that can be applied every day introducing new habits that will affect our health in a positive way.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. Wastecooking (Wastecooking)
Author and cook David Groß travels through five European countries and cooks exclusively what others throw in the garbage bin. With great thirst for knowledge, he tracks food waste and presents unexpected solutions. In an unusual and humorous self-attempt David Groß questions our daily consumer lifestyle.
11. Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas
British home cook Mary Berry prepares the ultimate Christmas feast with all the trimmings; chefs Angela Hartnett and Monica Galetti share favorite festive recipes; Mary and television host Rylan Clark try to convert some children to Brussels sprouts.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. Chef Antonio's Recipes for Revolution
A feature documentary following Antonio de Benedetto, an Italian chef on a quest to change the world with food. His apprentices are aspiring chefs with Down syndrome, who travel from across Italy to train and work in hospitality and take their place at the table of life and find their pathway to freedom and independence.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. Rara Avis (Rara Avis)
On a sailboat in the middle of the Ocean, five teenagers in rehabilitation are travelling with adults of different ages and backgrounds. Off unknown coastlines, the boat’s space becomes a huis-clos in which everyone faces their own difficulties, the challenge of living together and also the manoeuvres of sailing, the Ocean and its turmoil—until the arrival on land.
14. 25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
A look at the life of chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich both on and off the screen as she celebrates 25 years on public television.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
15. Cookery Hints: Oatmeal Porridge
How to make porridge using a haybox.
16. New Ways
This film focuses on the basics of adapting to life in England.
17. Typhoid Mary
Story of Mary Mallon. Typhoid fever carrier
18. A Taste of Sky
Danish culinary entrepreneur and Noma co-founder Claus Meyer has kickstarted a gastronomic revolution in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz with the opening of Gustu, a fine-dining restaurant and cooking school for the country’s impoverished youth. Kenzo, a hunter raised in the Bolivian Amazon, and Maria Claudia, a native of the Andean altiplano, have resettled in La Paz in order to pursue a career in the culinary arts. Under the tutelage of Meyer, these young Bolivians are working towards a better future as they attempt to establish their country as the world’s next great culinary destination.
19. Eating Well for Optimum Health
Andrew Weil, M.D., program director of integrated medicine at the University of Arizona, teaches doctors and the public about nutrition, In this video, he describes good eating habits, nutritional health, and cooking. He also shares some cross-cultural perspectives on these fundamental topics.
20. Cuisine indienne: A toutes les sauces ! (Cuisine indienne: A toutes les sauces !)
(Cuisine indienne: A toutes les sauces !)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
