Here's a recipe for ambiguity: Cooking with dog. Could it literally mean, cooking a dog? How about cooking for canines? Or, is it some weird code for cooking fetishes somewhere on the deep Web? Lucky for us (and the dogs), "Cooking with Dog" is a YouTube show featuring a Japanese housewife, known only as "Chef," and a toy poodle named "Francis," who perches next to Chef and narrates her recipes in English.

Sounds silly — and the show's title has led to confusion as well as complaints — but this simple format is a huge hit on YouTube: The channel has nearly 1 million subscribers and each video routinely clocks up hundreds of thousands of views.

To be clear though, no dog is harmed, cooked or eaten in "Cooking with Dog," just admired by fans.