bellephil comments

I really sounds pretty tasteless and in-sensitive. As a comparison : here in Belgium we recently had an episode of a cooking program "Plat Prefere" cancelled because it was going to prepare on TV the preferred dish of Hitler : trout with buttersauce. (the theme of the series was around the favourite dishes of famous/notorious people ). The jewish community got all worked up about this and the broadcast station had to cancel the show. So beware next time you order 'trout in buttersauce' ....

i think that the main reason that these cooking shows are on tv is that they are easy to make and cost very little money... all it takes is a run of the mill kitchen, an egg or some piece of fish, somebody to slice it up and you have an hour filling program.. You won't win any awards with it but it fills the day. NHK is pocketing the money they save vs making a real show.