Not only cooking shows, its starting to get the same with antique, and auctions, programmes, I sum up dealers and the TV presenters up as a bunch of con merchants, trying to fool folks into thinking we need to buy a load of old tat at hugely inflated prices, at a time when most people prefer a minimalist home, I suspect, most larger Items the mugs buy are soon hated for the space they take up, and the smaller items end up at the back of a drawer, rarely seeing the light of day.
Most of he crap on sale, is the past, and that's where it should stay.