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With its blend of culinary history, intense challenges and playful banter, “Clash of the Cookbooks” feels like comfort viewing with a brainy twist, perfect to binge over the holiday break.

A finely calibrated cast, including Christopher Walken, finds depth in initially shallow stereotypes — rich influencer, uptight white guy, brainy Indian girl — as a crew sentenced to community service for their petty infractions.

Ms Terry said people keep assuming she is "brainy" because she is studying for her fourth degree.

But she has a knack with actors, particularly Jenna Ortega, who plays the lead role of a brainy teen seductress with wit and verve.

Despite its global reputation as a place full of brainy innovators, Washington never had particularly high rates of college-going and always lagged national averages.