“Catch up on prestige television during quarantine,” they said last March. “It’ll be fun,” they said. I heard that suggestion loud and clear, then proceeded to progressively rot my brain with all the seasons of House Hunters and Say Yes to the Dress available on Hulu. Lifestyle television is my Xanax: an invitation to slip away to the blessedly low stakes of my mental beach, where the biggest stressors are whether the cake will rise or the renovations will get done on time. Imagine my delight when, earlier this month, Discovery, the umbrella network behind these programs, entered the streaming wars with Discovery+, a new streaming service boasting over 55,000 episodes of nonfiction television. I’ve been eating my heart out—and eating a lot of Barefoot Contessa recipes—ever since.