The culture of The Solitary Gourmet

Food and cooking programs are all immensely popular on television and online.

However, the ones that have the highest ratings are more often in the guise of game shows featuring celebrities.

Another genre tends to feature buxom women, whose ample assets are about to pop out over the top of their frilly aprons. Looking at them and their well-manicured fingernails, it is hard to imagine they are anything more than eye candy.