and absolutely no space for added sugar, water, or preservatives. tropicana. we put the good in morning. welcome back to "gma" and that alarming new report this morning on belly fat. finding not all fat is equal. carrying extra weight around your middle may be more dangerous than, well, being obese. here's gio benitez with more. >> reporter: this morning, the battle over belly fat, a stunning new study may change the way we look at weight. according to the study, this kind of heavier body with fat evenly distributed is actually

healthier than this, a nororl weight body with a so-called beer belly which doubles the mortality risk. it's called normal weight central obesitit the tutd di of more than 15,000 people found the spare tire is responsible for more total and cardiovascular death. >> it's tucked next to your organs and feeding them toxins, this is the riskiest fat in your body. >> reporter: there's one important number to know. your waist to hip ratio. so we turned to abc news nutrition and wellness editor dave zinczenko, author of "the zero belly diet." >> first youou waist, about an inch above your navel, 33 and widest part, 39. >> reporter: 33 combied divided by 39, 0.84. >> as long as you're under 0.9 you're in great shape. >> time to put on fake pounds. add a few inches which is not goinggo happen.

about eight inches. >> reporter: bringing my waist to hip ratio up to a dangerous 1.1.. doubling my y ath risk. so, guys, if your waist to hip ratio is 0.9 or higher, you may be at risk and women aren't totally excluded here. if your ratio is 0.85 or higher, you probably have that central obesity. for "good morning america," gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to gio. dr. jennifer ashton is here with more. explain why it's so dangerous. >> it's called visceral fat. very different than the fat under your skin called subcutaneous fa this is hormonally active and ofuses hormones and affects how our hormones function and metabolism and how our body uses insulin and glucose and can affect how our body forms blood clots. it is a bad actor and the

see it so we're looking ging for non noninvasive ways to measure it. >> what's the best way to get rid of it? >> exactly. that's the silver lining in this whole thing is that there is a lot you can do even though you can't see this fat to kind of pro-vent it and reduce it from having an impact on you. the first thing is exercise. more is better. different kinds of exercise are important. you want to mix up cardio with believe it or not resistance or weights and really want to get that in six days a week. the way you eat, that's key. so you want toend to go for a indict et low in saturated fat and sugar and it's never toooo late to correct bad dietary habits then, of course, in the pharmaceutical world there is drugs in the pipeline and research and development that will just hopefully target visceral fat. >> when we talk about bmi, body mass index, everybody -- all the confusion about it. this study seems to indicate that other factors are more important. >> they are. and remember that in medicine when we look at one thing, it's never just one thing. we're lookinggt a constellation

risk for heart disease and the associated negative things that go along with being overweight or obese. body mass index. can you go online and plug in a simple calculator to find out your number. that's a key number but it's not the only number so we'll hear more about other things like this in the future. >> you'll help people calculate because you'll b b on twitter. >> t ttter questions all morning. >> you heard her. she will be taking your questions @drjashton or post them on "gma's" facebook page. amy. >> thank you so much. now to that remarkable story of how a dating app saved a woman's life. the mother of two was in desperate need of a kidney and jesse has more on her story we saw on "people" magazine's website. >> talk about luck at first swipe. florida mom erica braggen blessed by a a miracle using the tinder app to go on a blind date that would change her life forever. we know the popular dating app tinder can help you swipe your way to love. what about saving a life? for one florida woman a simple

swipe to the right doing just that. it all started with rich o'day, a single guy looking for a connection on tinder and when he matched with 35-year-old jennifer thomas, he says there was an instant spark. >> i thought jennifer was a pretty girl. we had many mutual friend, that's always a good sign so i swiped right. >> reporter: they made plans to go on a date where rich opened up about erica, his best friend's wife.. the 47-year-old mothehe of two suffering from a rare kidney disease and in desperate need of a transplant after being on the list for nearly three years. >> jen had such a a positive response to talking about erica and her family and she seemed genuinely interested in helping out i any way she could. >> all that happened was we had conversation about it. he told me about her and i wanted to do something. >> reporter: just a few days after that date rich telling erica and her husband scott about a complete stranger willing to help.

mentioned there was someone who had come forward and would be tested. >> reporter: in the end rich and jennifer didn't turn out to be the perfect match but after months of testi jennifer and erika turned out to be for a kidney donation. >> it feels incredible to be able to help. >> reporter: erika set to get her new kidney in a week. >> there are people out there who do things for other people. >> it's been a blessing and a miracle. >> reporter: one simple swipe saving a life and creatatg an unbreakable bond. >> going on a tinder date and haveing a romantic relationship is great, that's wonderful and a lot of people do that but i gained something a lot better. >> wow. >> we want to thank "people" magazine for that incredible story and although rich and jennifer didn't pursue a romantic relationship the two became fast friends and now the bragans consider jennifer and her son part of their family. incredible. you never know where help is

>> god bless donors. good grief. such an unselfish act to d d something like that. >> thanks for bringing that. "dancing with the stars" time. showstopping night last night and some outstanding performances all around, all kinds of drama on and off the dance floor. e star even missing from the ballroom. drama on the dance floor. >> i'm looking for tamar. >> reporter: val steps on the stage. >> tamar braxton sent to the er sick with pneumonia and exhaustion. >> she's really sick. >> she's in the hospital right now. >> just hurts. >> reporter: the judgesave her scores based on rehearsal footage. >> 8, 7. 7. >> and the duo was in danger of being eliminated until the biggest surprise of the night. she makes it back. >> i'm amazed you're here. >> with new strength she earns her team a near perfect score. >> 9, 9. 9. >> i thought we were going to go and i was okay with that honestly.

i was okay with t tt because i want her to be well. i'm glad she's okay and i want her to take care of herself. >> reporter: as tensions run high for another duo. >> this is awful. this is so awful. >> reporter: alexa henry husband carlos penavega in the bottom two of the ninth week of competition. and alexa earned perfect scores throughout the night with mark ballas. >> 10. >> 10. >> 10. >> reporter: but even those perfect scores couldn't save them from a devastating elimination. >> i wanted it to be me. >> reporter: it shocks the ballroom. >> so unjust that she's the one going home. >> repepter: and carlos sends alexa this message. >> i love you dearly. you are so incredible and proved to the world you are a dancer. >> reporter: and alexa penavega, mark ballas joins now. i had a text from harper full of teary-eyed emojis, no! no. two perfect scores. it was a shock.

>> yeah. it was. >> it was. but i was saying to her she really was amazing last night. really embodied the movement and you're going to go out, go out with a bang. i was really proud of her last night and she did really, really good. >> it was emotional. you told the story through dance, a very personal battle with bulimia. how was that for you? it was something that i -- i knew that rat some point in my life i would talk about it. i didn't know when it would be because i still carry that fear of what people will think of me. i didn't want people to think of me and go, oh, that's who she is. she struggled with that. i want them to think of me as an overcomer as still who i am. i just happen to have that experience and feel like this show allowed me to gain that confidence to just tata about it and maybe help other people who are going through that and really just put it all to rest. >> yeah, you got to make that. not only you were emotional but your husband carlos. >> oh,god. that was -- that was rough.

>> he flew with you overnight. >> he's upstairs. he said you're not going to new rk without me. >> it should have been me, he said. >> babe, it's fine. it's okay. you just got to go out there. you'll get that mirrorball whether you steal it or win it you're bringing that mirrrrball homeme >> mark, meantime, i don't think i ever saw someone come from the emergency room to the dance floor. >> i've seen injuries happen and people go down but it was a close call and none of us knew if she would make it back and fortunately she did and she was able to continue. >> doesn't it always seem -- there's always something. every season -- >> when the show is live like injuries happen. peopleleet sick, you know, things happen and that's -- >> part of -- >> part of the process and that's why it it exciting. it's live. >> you've had such great corpsing choreography choreography. you and derek had trouble with the charleston.

>> straight 10s last night. >> if you get -- one of us gets stress. ktv'ing it. >> ktv. ktv. veryryad. >> thanks for dancing with the snake. i mean we got to see it all thanks to this guy. >> that was crazy. mark is incredible. >> they gave us s at show -- number to re-create but that snake was very much alive and big. >> we saw it. >> it was beautiful, though. her name was daisy. >> i don't know because in the beginning i have never really cared for snakes very much but bindi just described it. she's it's just a giant worm. it's a giant worm. i know it sounds crazy. >> you were so good with it. >> she was greaea daisy was amazing. >> you w we great with it. you guys were great all season long. thanks for coming in. "dancing with the stars" next monday at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 certainly. now outside too ginger.

i had the emojis too. i skipped school today. apparently that's okay with your teacher. >> yes, it's okay. >> we're safe but we're not safe as far as the delays at airports like laguardia in philadelphia this morning. you can see why, the fog on the 202 near philadelphia, you can see the rain showers too moving through. scattered at times throughout the day along the east coast. not going to drop a whole lotf rain but leave it there to see how much.plan on another nice one all across eastern iowa. temperatures will be slightly warmer with highs in the middle and upper 50s area-wide. more clouds will build tonight setting us up for our next area of low pressure that will impact iowa on wednesday. most of the area will see rain by the afternoon and evening hours with thunderstorm s also possible. given how strong this low pressure system is, we may have a few strong ststrms within all this as well. there is a risk of severe weather over southern iowa, and much of this will hinge on how much sun we see as to whether severe storms will materialize or not. we'll be monitoring it closely. moving forwarr, plan on very

>> rain or shine, we have got a party here in tooipz but time to get some "pop". >> we begin w wh a major headline that will change everything you thought you few about a beloved character. yeah, it seems we've all been calling winnie the pooh a he when the famous bear is in fact a she? wow. >> no way. >> yes. a new book called "finding winnie" unravels the story of the honey loving bear that inspired the famous children's tale. winnie short for winnipeg was bought as a cub by this man, lieutenant harry during the first world war when he to leave to go to france with his unit he left winnie at the london zoo. there she was often visited by a young boy named christopher robin who named his teddy bea after her and,f course, the final piece in the puzzle, christopher's dad was a.a. milne, the creator of the literary masterpiece we all know and love.

another story for girl power. >> lots to absorb. >> yeah, it is, george. >> a lot to absorb. >> it will change everything. >> speaking of absorbing, i'd like you to absorb this. >> okay. >> excitement bubbling over among champagne lovers in this "pop news" investigation, emphasis on pop. researchers from the university of redding claiming that popping the cork on a bottle of champagne and drinking up to three glasses of the bubbles each week might prevent dementia. it certainly sounds like cause for celebration bututefore you mix up that economymimosa this morning we want to disclose this has only been tested thus far on rats, however, strangely enough, we have multitie volunteers offering their service for this very important study. >> soon. >> i know personally i'll test it if you havee three glasses a night that can cause dementia. i am no stranger to the

champagne campaign. >> the champagne campaign starring jesse palmer. all right, our first lab rat right there. and finally, everybody, if you're the sort of person who feels like throwing your alarm clock against the wall every morning, all of us. >> yes. >> included. another "pop news" investigation or should i say pop snooze investigation, this is an app, it's called the morning man alarm clock. it allows you to wake up to the soothing tones of a gentleman's voice. listen. >> it's time to wake up, my love. >> you can choose from a wide variety of accents. sexy scotsman. . >> i think that would creep me out. >> this tells you wake up. a frenchman said i dreamed of you last night, my dear. there's also a dapper englishman who offered you a caffey americana. your dream man gets louder and louder the longer you ignore them.

>> incredible.today, a man who shot a dubuque police officer will appear in court for re- sentencing. 77-year-old eddie chest pleaded guilty for the shooting during an armed robbery in 20- 09. as part of the plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to recommend that chest serve two 25- year terms concurrently. instead, a judge e ast year sentenced chest to serve the terms consecutively , resulting in a 50-year sentence. last month, the iowa court of appeals overturned that sentence, saying prosecutors didn't push the judge to consider he lighter sentence.

an iowa city man has died after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed. 26 year old i-an liang crashed around 11 friday night on rohrere roaa it happened near highway 1 southwest of iowa city. the sheriff says liang was not wearing a helmet and died at the hospital. a passenger did wear a helmet and is expected to survive. and now here's your first alert forecast. plan on anotherrnice one all across eastern iowa. temperatures will be slightly warmer with highs in the middle and upper 50s area-wide. more clouds will build tonight setting us up for our next area of low pressure that will impact iowa on wednesday. most of the area wwll see rain by the afternoon and evening hours with thunderstorm s also possible. given how strong this low pressure system is, we may have a few strong storms within all this as well. there is a risk of severe weather over southern iowa, and muchhof this will hinge on how much sun we see as to whether severe storms will materialize or not. we'll be monitoring it closely. moving forward, plan on very strong wind on thursday with gusts to 45-50 mph possible, especially in the morning. today: moststy sunny highh 55-61 winds: se 5-15 alo: 58 dbq: 54 iow: 59tonight: mostly cloudy low: 43-49 winds: se 5-15 alo: 46 dbq: 43 iow: 46tomorrow: showers/storms high: 56-62

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[ humming the "star wars" theme ] >> pentatonix twist. the a cappella group. >> they'll perform the legendary "star wars" score with the full sympathy orchestra at this year's american music awards on sunday, november 22nd, 8:00 p.m. eastern. where could you see that? here on abc. >> what do you know. >> yeah, let's get it over now to amy. >> well, guess what, i am here with model and body activist ashley graham. come on over here, ashley.

>> yeah, this is our series "gma body proud." this morning ashley is catching up with a group of young girls we first met s seral years ago when we interviewed them about their blooming sense of body image raising the question, what does it mean to be beautiful? watch. >> my hips are huge. >> oh, please. i hate my calves. >> at least you guys can wear halters. i've got man shoulders. >> plastics from "mean girls" showing the pressures they face while battling the war on body image. hollywood's a-listers now preaching acceptance. >> i'm not going to apologize for who i am and i'm going to actually love the skin that i'm in and not be like striving for some other version of myself. >> repepter: it's a back and forth battle that so many girls face. four years ago we gathered a group of young girls between the ages of 5 and 8 to get their honest perspective on body image. showininthem stock images of other young girls to get their first impressions on the bodies in the pictures. >> the girl in the blue shirt is really chubby wubby.

>> yeah. >> chubby wubby. except for her arms are a little chubby. >> she looks really glad. >> now tweens, ashley graham has brought those girls together again. >> awesome. >> asking them the same questions. >> do you still think she's chubby wubby? >> no. >> showing them the same stock photos of real-life girls. >> what does chubby wubby mean exactly? >> i don't know. i guess that she's bigger, not as healthy as all of them. but i don't really think that as much anymore. >> many of the girls' opinions have softened over the years showing more compassion. >> do you think that overweight people are ugly? >> they could have like a really overweight body but t doesn't meananhey're not like really pretty. >> maybe you'd feel that they aren't like healthy as they can be so you could try to help them. >> some of them even embarrassed by the answers from their younger selves. >> the girl in the black shirt.

>> yes. >> perfect size actually. >> which one? >> do you guys still feel like that? >> we were so weird back then. >> well, there's no such thing as a perfefe size. >> what does looking good mean to you guys? >> kind of like being -- looking good as a role model for like other people and like staying healthy. >> the most important thing the girls agreed on? >> like you can't judge a book by its cover. like you have to get to know the person before you like judge them. >> and back with me now is ashley graham. i told you it would warm your hearts. i mean i have chills listening to that because it may not be what we expected them to say. what were your impressions when you heard from these tweens? >> yeah, i was really interested to see what was going to happepe this i ierview was five years ago, and then we just had it, and i wanted to really see what had come of it, and the biggest thing that i learnededrom it was theieivocabulary was so different. they were so aware of what they were saying. five years ago they were using the word fat, chubby wubby and

whatever that means and now they're using words like diabetes, obesity, cholesterol and saying fit all the time. i had no idea -- >> and healthy. and i saw and i heard compassion. >> yes, there was. they're having a better understanding of what actually healthy means. i don't know if i understood exactly what that meant when i was their age and it's a really good thing but there's still a -- i don't know, it was very interesting to hear their perception. >> in fact, you gaveves a picture of yourself when you were 12. >> yes. >> you touched on this but how did you perceive yourself and in relative terms to what you heard from these young women? >> when i was 12 years old i only knew what skinny was and i knew what fat was. i had no idea what fit was and i think you can tell they're being educated now. they're bei educated to understand that obesity can lead to all of the diseases that they were naming off. >> right, and you also brought along an unretouched photo of yourself to the girls. >> yes. >> you posted on your social

media accounts. you got a lot of positive edback for it. w did the girls respond to your photo? >> well, they're 10 years old and love taylor swift so when they saw my photo they kind of giggled and were like why are you in your lingerie and one girl said you look sexy. i thought they were going to say something about my cellulite or stretch marks on my thighs but they didn't. it's not something they see yet. i think in about five more years we'll have a whole new interview with them and understand what they're thinking then because they'll be in high school then. >> we'll hold you to that. five years from now. things change a lot. i have one 13 and you're dealing with all these body image issues so important to talk to them now. by the way, you did look sexy. >> thank you. >> ashley will be taking your questions. post them on the "gma" facebook page, and to hear more on her body image campaign, go to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! so, so, so important. george. >> revealing series, thank you for that. as you guys know, "gma" is turning 40 this morning we'll take a look back at the galaxy of stars who have been our

take a look. >> his name is arnold schwarzenegger. >> nobody does movie stars like "gma." >> what does that mean, movie star? >> oh, it means, you know, katharine hepburn, bette davis, greta garbo. it doesn't mean me. >> over four decades we've hosted hollywood's icons. >> like jimmy crickets. when you wish upon a star no matter who you are and this has been an amazing odyssey. >> ingrid bergman. >> the most legendary stars. >> did you ever work with ronald reagan? >> of course, little ronnie reagan. we called him. >> we've had the heartthrobs too. >> our set is coverewith young women who e going, aagh. >> it makes my life exciting sometimes. >> i'm a little tired now. i did some promotion for my album this week. >> your superstar wishes you good morning, america. >> the starlets. >> here's a young michelle

>> normally it doesn't bother me to watch myself but somehow i guess i'm not used to seeing myself sing. >> one of many stars we welcomed before they made it big. >> and drew barrymore is 7. what is it like to look at yourself up there? >> it looks like -- well, i feel like i'm going to be a star. >> and we've been overtaken by stars from galaxies far, far away. a few even showed us their moves. >> and then you snap, bend. bend and snap. good job. >> today bill murray joins mto help talk about weather. >> and some brought the weather. >> that's it. >> it'll just be 85 like it's always been forever. >> that wasn't bad. >> we don't give weather. we just get canceled. >> sometimes we went to the stars like backstage at the oscars. we were there when brand-new oscar winner jennifer lawrence met screen icon jack nicholson.

>> thank,you. you're being really rude. >> is he still here? >> i'll be waiting. >> o my god. >> and a couple of a-listers directed us from the "gma" control room. >> by the way, i'm in the control room and they're all drunk. >> so after 40 years we say to you, hollywood royalty -- >> how lucky are we? hugh jackman. >> thanks for the memories. >> diane. >> that was fun. >> a trip down memory lane. >> drew barrymore. such a cutie at 7. >> she was right. >> going to be a big star. >> george clooney with patty, a moment our stage manager will never forget. yeah, bette davis smoking on set. >> a lot more of those moments are coming up. we're counting down to our big 40 by 40 live stream event that kicks off a week from today and family reunion next thursday. back out to ginger. >> let's do that.

i found anthony here. he just turned 8 and you reminded me what was your favorite thing in new york? >> subways. >> riding the subways. see, we couldn't go back in time and now i'm going to love riding the subways. thank you for that, anthony, lighting up my day. let's start with the forecast. check that out, anthony, in idaho they had 8 inches, 15 is what they ended up with at that mountain and there is more to come. winter storm warnings and watches, even blizzard warnings and watches from colorado through nebraska and lots of wind is goininto come with the storm too.eastern iowa. temperatures will be slightly warmer with highs in the middle and upper 50s area-wide. more clouds will build tonight setting us up for our next area of low pressure that will impact iowa on wednesday. most of the area will see rain by the afternoon and evening hours with t >> this weather report brought to you by amazon fire tv. lara.

>> thanks, ging. and coming up, "gma undercover," maks and peta in disguise. >> you gave it away. >> what am i supposed to do, robin? it says it right there in prompter. wait till you see the end surprise that i just blew. >> first, though, for all you superhero fans, netftfx is premieriri a new original seriri on november 20th. it's called "marvel's jessica jones." an exclusive first pic. % >> in my line ofork you got to know when to walk away. but some c ces just won't let you go. jessica. >> how will you prove that this mind controller is real? i'm resourceful. >> come on, jessica. don't play the hero with me. >> all i have is my professional

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with the stars" and now our "gma" undercover agents. the mission, disguise and drop them into an advanced theater dance class. >> i feel like this right here requires constant maintenance. d you see all thihi man right here? >> that's too much man. >> that's a lot of man. a little bit of this. a little bit of that. i want you to do as much as you can so she doesn't look at me and get t oused when we dance.e. >> the venue, steps onroadway dance studio. >> i definitely saw maks when he walked into the class because hehe couldn't miss that stomach. it was like stomach first walking through the door. >> this is how i know that when i'm old and fat, i'm stiti going to be amaming. people will just stare. i noticed the stares that i was catching --

>> i was trying not to laugh at the people that were laughing at me. it was kind of hard to be off beat actually. >> it was 40 minutes of like you wait, you don't know what's about to happen. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> i was so surprised. this was everything. >> my mom is going to freak because she watches the show. >> it was amazing.

i was half embarrassed, half having the timimof my life. >> i was staring at you the whole time. >> i love you. >> and our man, maks, come on, maks. he's joining us lili right now. you got big cheers here in the studio. >> what a great surprise. >> that was a great -- what was the reaction? what did you hear om some of the students after all that went down, maks? >> first of all, i just want it to be on the record that i thought th we're going to be, you know, playing older couple and it'll be an older people's class, you know, like we'll blend in, and then we walk in, we're literally 30 years ahead of the oldest person in the room and it's not even like, you know, beginning, intermediate. it's like full-on theater class of people that actually are on broadway and performing right now, so, yes, so it was like, okay, cool, just a little

different. we definitely stand out. i was trying not to laugh watching peta be bad. she -- it actually, you know, like what she said, it was hard to be off -- >> was it? because it's very easy for everyday -- easy for us to be off beat. >> yes. >> but it's difficult for you to do that? >> it turned out to be a little hard. also to keep a straight face and, you know, i immediately and the beard. for some reason i wanted to be named bob immediately, and when the instructor -- and so peta chose her name and this is how you know she would probably be the worst pepeon to be like some sort of secret spy. there was a moment when the instructor said, hey, now everybody turn around and introduce each other to your neighbor, she turns around and goes, hi, peta, i mean, no -- >> maks, we only have a few seconds left.

who else can we expect to see coming up in sway? >> we're lucky to have meryl back, rumer. we have a couple people from the show obviously tony, val, myself. henry is going to be part of it again, we have a couple more surprises but overall it's going to be better than ever. >> okay, but this was the best surprise that you did. hey, maks -- >> this was amazing. >> you're always good to us. thank you. have a great time. glad that you and peta are doing so well. coming up -- >> whoo. >> we're counting down to thanksgiving.

oh, yeah. i want to see you mile all right, we're kicking off "gma's" countdown to thanksgiving this morning with celebrity chef and food network star scott conant. he's showing us how to slice -- i love this. this is great. slice prep time for thanksgiving in half.

then this bird is laid out. >> so, we spatchcocked it.t. >> you whatted it? >> fancy way of saying we took the backbone out and opened it up. you can do this -- one thing you could do this a day in advance, right. let it sitithe day of for about t two hours in a refrigerator, right. >> after you remove the backbone. >> after you remove the backbone, you can use a pair of shears to cut that backckne out and basically it will cut your cooking time by three hours. >> that's fantastic. a lot love to have the bird as the vessel for the stuff. >> well, for the stuff. we're going to show you how to make a stuffing, as well, but, you know, i'll also show you how to make this bird. >> amazing. >> so cut the cooking time by a ton. >> by a ton. also what you can do is the spice mixture, i ise kind of like porcetta spices, juniper berry, fennel, and grind them so they're ready to use. >> a little bit of advanced nonoce and planning willllo a

>> yeah, absolutely, and just put those on the exterior. we'll brush that with oil, as well, and then roast it when we need it, right? the other thing you can do is cut your vegetables in advance, right? >> the day before. >> definitely the day -- you can do it two days before as long as they're refrigerated. >> i love that. two days before a couple things, a a y before a couple ofofhings. >> the polenta stuffing. this is a take on the traditional stuffing. i use polenta with pancetta, some fresh thyme, parmesan cheese, a little bit of butter. delilious. >> and do you have this on your website? >> yes, terrific. >> this sounds fantastic. >> also these vegetables, roasted the day in advance, maitake mushrooms, pancetta, onions, carrots, celery. >> almost let the flavor sink in a day in advance. >> the soul, the foundation and once you roast that stuff, this is the finished product obviously, so -- >> we got the team looking very happy. >> i wanted to show you specifically of taking that

chicken reduction and glazing the exterior of that turkey afterwards. you see the difference between -- >> thank you. >> done and not done. well done. >> is that literally when it's on the table or -- >> no, aldo that and just pop it back in the oven. >> so it gets a little crispy. >> exactly. just a little bit more glaze on top and then that sasae -- >> excellent. >> we are e ing to eat. you guys can get the recipes on our website and i just want to share with everybody a little about your tv stuff. "chopped impossible," food network, season finale airs thursday. >> thursday, 10:00 p.m. >> i love "chopped." it's a great show. >> thank you. >> the polenta, how is it? >> good. >> save some for me. >> i don't even like stuffing but this is good. >> check that out. always great to have you. guys, we'll be right back. >> this is great. [ cheers and applause ] "gma's" countdown to

share wonder every day. what a great pre-thanksgiving meal. >> yes, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> have a great day.ch.

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