{"id":108284,"date":"2025-11-20T18:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=108284"},"modified":"2025-11-20T18:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:43:31","slug":"apple-tv-announces-new-culinary-adventure-the-unlikely-cook-with-awkwafina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/20\/apple-tv-announces-new-culinary-adventure-the-unlikely-cook-with-awkwafina\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV Announces New Culinary Adventure &#8220;The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108285\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unlikely-Cook-20251120a.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unlikely-Cook-20251120a.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Unlikely-Cook-20251120a-300x168.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/> Today, Apple TV announced <em><strong>&#8220;The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> a new eight-episode unscripted food series starring and executive produced by award-winning comedian, writer, and actor Nora Lum, aka Awkwafina (<em>&#8220;Quiz Lady,&#8221; &#8220;The Farewell&#8221;<\/em>). 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