Which food videos pair best with a little whine?

It’s easy to find communities for people who like to watch TV while they eat.

r/mealtimevideos is an entire subreddit dedicated to helping people do that more effectively, with videos categorized by timestamps anywhere from 5-7 minutes to 30+ minutes. The subreddit prides itself on its mantra “Click and Consume,” which would be wonderfully catchy if it weren’t also a little bit dehumanizing. Among everything that YouTube has taught me — makeup tutorials, how to fix my bathtub drain, etc — I’ve leaned in hardest to its cooking videos. I owe it to channels like the Korean mukbang/amateur chef streamer SOF and a Japanese ghost dog chef for teaching me how to make my favorite dishes whenever I missed my mom’s cooking. But with ASMR videos gaining popularity on the platform, these personality-led cooking videos have taken a backseat to a new format: narration-less, faceless cooking. Channels that specialize in this include the aptly titled Peaceful Cuisine, which features an “ASMR No Music Videos” playlist, and Honeykki, a master of cozy, Korean comfort foods. Her step-by-step videos are soothing and therapeutic — the antithesis of a Tasty video, which rushes through the process in 1 minute or less to get to the “money shot” (their words, not mine) — usually some form of hot cheese oozing out of a vegetable receptacle it shouldn’t be in. These ASMR videos, which were made for viewers (and listeners) to revel in steady sounds like a knife chopping an onion against a wooden cutting board, are about the love of the craft — the journey, not the destination. (Shoutout to my high school senior quote!) They were perfect to have on in the background for when I needed a mental break at work, or when I was home, drawing and working on comics. And with the new Google Brain algorithms perfecting my YouTube feed, there was never a shortage of food-related videos I didn’t immediately click on. The world was my oyster (insert shucking clip compilation).                                                                                                                              https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/15/16267494/youtube-asmr-mukbang-mealtime-videos