Food for thought: how TV cooking shows influence the way we eat
Whether it’s by emphasizing meat consumption or introducing new flavors to our palette, food TV can shape our diets
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Whether it’s by emphasizing meat consumption or introducing new flavors to our palette, food TV can shape our diets
Advertisement For years, late-night television host James Corden has played a food-based truth or dare with celebrities called Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts. Participants choose to either answer personal questions or take a bite of a food deemed disgusting to eat, like ghost pepper hot sauce, a sardine smoothie or dried caterpillars. “Wow, it all looks so terrible,” Jimmy Kimmel, host of late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! said as he appeared on Corden’s segment in 2016. “I know people can’t smell it, but it doesn’t smell good, either.” James Corden hosts The Late Late Show...