CBS Sunday Morning Season 29 Episode 12 What's For Dinner?
- November 19, 2006
COVER STORY: What's For Dinner?
Martha Teichner looks at how the American dinner table has changed over the years.
APRONS
Ellyn Anne Geisel is a self-described apron archaeologist: She collects aprons and the stories that go with them. Her motto is: 'Aprons don't hold us back, they take us back.' This Sunday Morning, we'll meet Ellyn Anne, and 'tie one on."
A HISTORY OF THE COOKBOOK
Americans love their food ... and they also love their cookbooks. Browse through any bookstore and the aisles are brimming over. This year alone, sales of cookbooks are projected to reach $519 million. But the art of writing down recipes is not a new phenomenon. This Sunday Morning, Elizabeth Kaledin takes a look at cookbooks old and new.
WHITE HOUSE CHEF
There is a new chef at the White House. Christeta Comerford is the first woman ever to be Executive Chef at the White House, and she's responsible for preparing everything from the President's grilled cheese sandwich to the fanciest, most impressive State Dinners. Rita Braver takes you behind the scenes as the White House kitchen prepares a formal dinner fit for the President.
TELEVISION CHEF PART I
TV chefs are everywhere you look these days, and they make it look so easy. But cooking for the camera isn't as easy as it looks. Bill Geist enrolls in Cooking on Camera class in San Francisco, where he learns that boiling water isn't all that interesting to watch on TV and cooks up his version of a Thanksgiving dinner.
PRESENTATION
Barry Petersen looks at the art of table presentation in Japan.
SINGING CHEF
Phil Roy
ENERGY DRINKS
SHORT-ORDER COOKS
Cynthia Bowers meets two legendary short-order cooks in one the busiest kitchens in America.
AUTOMAT
Charles Osgood takes us back to the days of the Automat and its resurgence in New York City.
FOR STARS
Mark Strassman looks at celebrity-owned restaurants.
CRANBERRIES
TELEVISION CHEF PART II
Bill Geist wraps up his Cooking on Camera classes.
DESSERT
PIECE OF CAKE
NATURE
