Cooking History (2009)
• July 2nd, 2009 • 1h 28min
Documentary
Overview
A documentary about army cooks and how the everyday needs of thousands of armed stomachs affect the victories and defeats of statesmen. The film is based on eleven meals based on recipes from the Second World War till the war in Chechnya; from France through the Balkans to Russia.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Battlefield Gender
Released on: 2019-04-28
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Both a visit to a very peculiar exhibition at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Ger...
How to Cook Your Life
Released on: 2007-05-10
Documentary
A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday...
Israel's Reel Extremism
Released on: 2024-08-07
Documentary
An examination of Israel and its society after many months of war, seen initially through the prism ...
Julia
Released on: 2021-11-04
Documentary, History
Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge...
Marcella
Released on: 2025-05-09
Documentary, History
Marcella Hazan didn’t just teach Italian cooking—she changed the way America eats. Fearless, passion...
Night Bombers
Released on: 1981-01-01
Documentary
Recorded during World War II, this rare color film traces an RAF Bomber Command night attack on Berl...
Intercept: A Century of Signals Intelligence
Released on: 2023-09-05
Documentary
A thought provoking documentary feature film providing a comprehensive exploration of the evolution ...
The Cooking Show
Released on: 2021-02-14
Documentary
The cooking show is as old as television itself. But why do we like watching the making of a meal th...
Restrepo
Released on: 2010-06-25
War, Documentary
Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army loca...
The Jubilee Pudding: 70 Years in the Baking
Released on: 2022-05-12
Documentary
In the year Queen Elizabeth marks her 70th on the throne, Fortnum & Mason has challenged home bakers...
My Enemy, My Brother
Released on: 2017-04-29
Documentary
The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20t...
U-455, le sous-marin disparu
Released on: 2013-10-26
Documentary, TV Movie
In 2008, German U- boat U-455 was discovered off the coast of Italy. 400 feet down, the submarine st...
Obaida
Released on: 2019-04-24
Documentary, History, War
OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli militar...
She Chef
Released on: 2023-05-18
Documentary
We’re travelling from luxury kitchen to luxury kitchen with Agnes, from Bergisch Gladbach via Barcel...
Mrs. Mortimer Jones Prepares "Dinner for Eight"
Released on: 1934-01-01
Documentary
Promotional film for Southern California Edison. We see a housewife in a tastefully colour-coordinat...
Grandad
Released on: 2023-12-08
Documentary
Follow the tender and fascinating life of Mallory B. Winstead, the fearless and visionary army veter...
Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas
Released on: 2022-12-19
Documentary
British home cook Mary Berry prepares the ultimate Christmas feast with all the trimmings; chefs Ang...
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
Released on: 2011-09-15
Documentary
For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli -- rep...
Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25
Released on: 2007-11-11
Documentary
Looking back on the creation of the Vietnam Memorial, this Emmy-nominated documentary chronicles the...
The Ground Truth
Released on: 2006-09-15
Documentary, War
Sometimes the greatest act of courage is to tell the truth. Hear and witness our soldiers in this pe...