How I staved off brain rot: The soothing vibe of traditional cooking and ‘country living’ videos

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On the days that plotlines and dialogue in web series feel too burdensome to keep track of, there is one genre of YouTube videos that I turn to in order to stave off brain rot: country living and traditional cooking, it’s called. I was first introduced to this genre during the pandemic. These videos, at least 20 minutes or even longer, mostly feature women from around the world, gathering ingredients from fields and gardens and cooking elaborate and painstaking meals inside picturesque homes or outside their homes – which inevitably have breathtaking countryside views. My favourite is the Chinese vlogger...