this morning on "today's take," giada delaurentiis gets ready to indonesia widish with special co-host. oscar winner marion cottilard on her new movie with brad pitt all coming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. all right, welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning, november 22nd, 2016. along with tamron, we have our pal, giada delaurentiis who just slapped bobby flay around with that -- >> i did not! you're going to get me in

you beat him down like a drum. it was unbelievable. >> you made a -- >> he already knew he was lost. >> you made the butternut lasagna squash. he brought in a brussel sprout to butternut -- >> he brought a -- you brought a la san ya. he brought a brussel sprout to a la lasagna fight. >> technically the turkey is the main. right? i make the lasagna a day or two in advance. i even bake it off. then i bring it to room temperature, warm it the morning of. i cut it into pieces an serve it pass an appetizer. could be the main as well. >> bobby was here yesterday. >> but he didn't bring in he food. >> what is that that you brought us? >> i am a special foodie who

>> bobby still around in our studio? >> i saw him. he left. >> he's out. >> i wonder like we're celebrating our favorite chefs all week long. bobby comes up, nothing. but i knew you would bring it. i knew it. >> i did bring dessert which is something i'll show you how to make later. >> what is this i'm eating? >> it's chocolate lasagna. >> butternut squash -- >> it's my chocolate lasagna. >> what's in it? >> chocolate. >> walnuts and dolce de leche. >> what's the rest of thanksgiving like at the delaurentiis household? >> this is my year without my family at thanksgiving. >> what? what happened? >> i don't know. because i guess because i was working. usually i work even thanksgiving morning, then i fly home and i do a whole other thanksgiving. but i don't know, this is my first year i decided, you know what? i'm changing things up. i'm making thanksgiving all the way up and until thanksgiving.

>> i don't actually know yet. >> rent movies? >> i think as we get older -- i've been doing this for a very long time. i thought i'm going to take a break. i don't have my daughter this year. my first year without my daughter on thanksgiving. i thought i'm going to change stuff up. >> would you like to come to our house for thanksgiving? >> that was my way of requesting an invitation. tamron, where's your invitation? labelle's house. if she did give me a plus-two. i said to patti's friend what do you think her as a hostess gift? she said she likes red wine. i hope she's not watching, i had her a pair of custom made thigh-high boots -- i hope she's not watching but i'm going to take her boots.

>> next year i'm inviting you to my house. i'd like the same gift. thigh-high boots. >> fill them with stuffing. >> that's kind of gross. >> you were saying yesterday, i was so touched by the fact, we leave the show and i think about things after, explaining why you don't do thanksgiving dinner. you tied it in to your own family. >> tell us. >> i'm -- i used to make thanksgiving dinner up until my parents had passed and some families moved away. so -- and to be perfectly it is all over. about five years ago, is was very fortunate chef daniel invited us for dinner. >> you keep requesting an invitation every year. >> begging. >> is he coming tomorrow? >> he will be here tomorrow. >> i'll just say al already invited me. is that cool? >> we noticed something about celebrity chefs. bobby has an instagram account for his cat.

nachos. >> you see how the coloring is the same. >> you also have an instagram account. your cat is bella delaurentiis. i can't be in the room with an adult cat. >> it is a very small adult cat. she's a small little cat. >> but still an adult cat. >> she's 2. she's 2. >> what's an adult cat to you? >> like to me any cat over a couple of weeks. you know when they f >> what's the matter? did something terrible happen? >> you know what? this is the gospel truth. it is the horror films. they always make the cat the scary character. the cat breathes your breath at you? >> what show is that? >> it is like a -- come on. this is the one movie you've never seen? the kid is asleep, the cat is over, the breathes the air out of the cat's mouth. >> cat's eye.

of them. >> show of hands. how many people in this studio have seen "cat's eye." >> one -- two. >> it's not the cat that breathed it. it is the troll. >> it is the troll! all this time you've been denigrating cats and it's trolls that you're really upset with! >> no! listen. i love cats. i even adopted a cat some years ago. >> look at my beautiful cat's face. if you see her eyes, these beautiful -- >> i saw look. that's not scary! >> that's cute. >> i can't read what she's thinking. like what a dog -- you get a shake. >> she's thinking you're nuts! that's what she's thinking. >> let's -- okay. all right. >> i'm going to bring her to you some time and i'm going to surprise you with her. think you might love her. she's super white and soft. >> jerry, would you bring in the turkey hat with us?

of our fantastic chefs. these are folks who -- >> is this a trick? >> no. they've sent in questions. for example, christina from lima, ohio, what's your favorite thing to serve on thanksgiving? >> butternut squash lasagna. >> boom. thank you. >> this is libby from new orleans. what's a good kid friendly vegetable to cook? >> kid friendly vegetable. probably broccoli with the chse >> i think if you put cheese, you're good to go. >> andrea, what's your favorite wine to serve with turkey? had. >> pinot grigio. >> why do you like that? >> nice and crisp. i like white wine. i think it's light. i find that red wine sometimes with turkey -- the sides and the turkey are just so rich. i want something to kind of lift me up, something citrusy or -- prosecco would be good, too.

indiana. what's the most challenging part of a thanksgiving meal to cool? >> to cook or to clean? >> i think organization is tough for people so i start organizing way in advance and i use post-its for everything. i pull out all my platters, i decide where everything is going to go. lay the table out in advance. make as much of the food as i can in advance and really make sure that your prep is done and that you know what you have to put in the oven the day of. because that is really what it is. time is everything. lots of chicken brought bobby flay. >> you are a superstar mommy. this morning we want to get into the christmas spirit. to move things along. >> i'm kind of ready. >> we've got an upcoming full hour of steals and deals on december 2nd. our producer said it was okay to announce this. like it was a state secret. speaking of the holidays, i think we have some pictures of us dressed. >> this is what we were dressed this morning at 5:00 a.m.

>> the fv. but there was no buddy who showed up. >> you look really happy about it. tamron, you look real happy. >> are you actually on this show? >> didn't know she was buddy. >> she's not paying attention. >> her acting didn't sell me. >> wow. nothing says holidays like throwing a colleague you're searching for a christmas tree. >> certainlying for a color. last year i did hot pink. the year before i did purple. i am a fake tree kid. i love fake trees. last year i did hot pink. i did black once before. >> oh, god, depressing. >> thank you. i've done purple. i've done all kinds of colors. i am trying -- >> pink. have you done pink?

on this show, other one is dozing off. >> i'm asking you to go to our twitter page, @todayshow. turquoise, lime green or grey. let me know because you're going to pick -- you don't like grey? >> no! grey is depressing. again, it is christmas. why would you have grey or black? >> people at home, i'm talking to you. let me know what you think. then after that we have to do a whole segment on how to find a tree have another group of hatchimals to give away. this is the hottest toy out there. >> you found more? >> that's right. >> you know what this is? >> yes. >> sweeping the nation. >> does it close? >> when you get it, the egg is sealed. then between 20 and 30 -- 20 and 60 minutes after holding it and nurturing it, this little guy pops out. >> this would be perfect for jade instead of a dog for christmas.

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there as well and can airplane delays in the northeast. and storms in texas and delays possible. heavy rain in the pacific northwest and maybe 7 inches of rain in the pacific northwest >> >> we have got another cool and windy day. winds gusting up to 30-35 miles-per-hour again. not quite as much as yesterday. but highs in the upper 30s and lower it's going to feel like highs in the low 30s. cool day and tomorrow looks more moderate, in the mid 40s for most us, but still below the average highs. as we go to the thanksgiving forecast, things are cloudy and cool. >> and that's your >> and that is your latest weather. and coming up, giada is going to

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cocoa powder to it. a little bit of salt. then whirl it all together. >> whirl it. >> whirl it. you can obviously whirl it until it becomes sort of crumbling. like that. you make pies, right? >> you know, i don't because i'm never that good at the crust. >> that's so funny. a lot of people get intimidated with making crust and making crust seminar? >> i will. many people say the crust is the thing that throws them off and they just don't want to do. then you just press it together. bake it at 325 or 350 for about eight minutes, let it cool. >> i can tell you that i could just eat the crust. >> so could i. you use actually store bought dolce le leche. i buy my favorite.

dump and stir. >> the old dump and stir. >> i toasted walnuts. chopped chocolate. i do bittersweet chocolate. i like that. but you could do milk chocolate if you want to. orange zest. orange and chocolate work really well together. that's a great combination. again, making something store-bought, doctoring it up, making your flavors all yours. team work makes the dream wo. orange. >> when i say you just need one or two ingredients to change something that's store-bought and kind of make it special. spread it all out. chill it. then what i like to do at the end after it's chilled -- chill it for a minimum of three hours but you can chill it for days. >> could you put this in the freezer? >> yeah. you could put it in the freezer. for sure. but pull it out and let it sit at room temperature for a while before you serve it. this is what it looks like after

just do whipped cream. you could do cool whip. you could do pretty much anything you want. i like to make my whipped cream but a lot of people don't. there you go. i just shave a little bit chocolate right over the top, then i sprinkle it with a little bit of salt. >> so it is that sea salt caramel -- >> correct. >> that's so popular right now. >> otherwise it could be overly sweet thanksgiving. this gives it a perfect balance. when dessert is done, you can have your friends or family or kids do the chocolate over the top. jade loves it. you're done. >> the salted caramel has been going for about eight years now. you know how i remember? the incoming president obama was a big fan of salted caramel. that's how i remember first hearing about it. >> why i would vote for you on my game show. >> you eat that one and we'll eat this one. >> giada, this is fabulous.

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girl. just living life, thriving. >> reporter: but seven years ago a much different thanksgiving week. battling acute leukemia since 15 months old, she'd been through multiple rounds of therapy. but the cancer came back. >> it was just hard for me to walk. to eat anything. i was just s >> reporter: after the third relapse her local doctors said jordan had only weeks to live. there was nothing more they could do. >> today her cancer is gone. >> reporter: this commercial for st. jude children's research hospital, tracy kept seeing it. >> i just remember breaking because at this time my daughter was dying. doctors had given up hope. and i just remember thinking to myself, this is a sign. >> reporter: they called st. jude. what were the odds?

procedure that might give jordan a chance. >> so you had a feeling when you arrived there. >> i did. i knew we were in the right place. >> when jordan came, 76% of her bone marrow and her blood were leukemia. >> reporter: doctors at st. jude performed another bone marrow transplant on jordan this time using her father's marrow and white blood cells. the procedure was a success and jordan came back from of all ironies, the very next year she is with a the girl in the st. jude commercial offering hope to others. >> now i'm in the st. jude commercial. >> in it? you are the star of it. >> what was that like to be in the commercial with jennifer aniston? >> it was really fun. we had could keep going over it because she kept messing up the lines. >> reporter: jordan started high school this year. for those who love her, seeing her like this is almost beyond

cancer-free. the past six years. except for her growth, stunted by treatments, she is just like her friends. you know, your mom never thought you'd be in high school. >> i never thought i would, either. i still have three more years. and if i can get through that, then i can go to college and be a nurse or be a vet. >> reporter: for now, her passion is a horse named riding jur riding makes her feel free when for so much of her young life she was anything but, always tethered to medical equipment. >> really calm and relaxed and feeling like i could do anything i want when i'm on that horse. >> reporter: doctors say her prognosis is excellent. >> her recovery from her leukemia is pretty close to a miracle. >> reporter: her family credits st. jude. >> what's thanksgiving like for your family? >> thanksgiving's huge.

and it's the month that jordan was sent home to die. so every single november we take time and reflect and give thanks that she's here. >> jordan goes back to st. jude once a year for check-ups. like all of our patients, we'll be following her for rest of her life in hour after completion therapy program. >> i wasdi thanks to the work of st. jude. why was jordan's case so difficult? >> because infant leukemia only has a 40% chance. there is a break in the dna in utero. so it is very rare, very aggr aggressive and does not respond to chemotherapy so our genome program is working on that. >> i think after 13 years of covering this, it's been that long. at the end of the day don't you think this is really what thanks and giving is all about? >> we have a saying at st. jude.

everybody else turned this child down and said they couldn't save her. but we did because we had something -- another option that nobody else had which was to use her father's cells. that does two things. it reconstitutes her blood system and it tells the leukemia cells and now she's cured. >> they are such special children. when i went down there it changed my lives. i still make recipes those kids taught me. >> they're living. reminding us all. jordan, thank you to you and your family. and your fashion is amazing! >> we have got another cool and windy day. winds out of the west, gusting up to 30-35 miles-per-hour again. not quite as much as yesterday. but highs in the upper 30s and lower 40s for most of us, but with the winds it's going to feel like highs in the low 30s.

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mindset of your character when you're wearing what she would wear? >> yeah, of course. the costume is very important. it's the skin of the character. >> reporter: in the romantic thriller, brad pitt plays a canadian intelligence officer who's love interest is a french resistance fighter played by marion cottilard. >> i've heard that you don't necessarily love costume fittings, but for this movie, you might have change your mind a little bit? >> it was the first time i would like run to >> we created everything for the film to give it that lift and to give it that kind of gloss and that -- so it is like a definition. >> reporter: joanna johnston meticulously designed all of "allied's" costumes including coat yard's beautif cotillard's dresses.

as welling a super elegant. >> reporter: she worked hard to capture its legendary style. the 40s were such a glamorous time for fashion. what was your vision for the movie going into it? >> i think my idea was to keep the glamour in the way they did in hollywood films in the '40s. they kept everybody looking more lovely than maybe they would have in real life. >> reporter: it took months of research which included screening period films and images for inspiration. and all that work with such off on the big screen. >> everything was beautiful. the hat. glasses. shoes. gloves. it was -- >> even the house bath robe was beautiful. >> yeah. yeah. i was like a little girl playing doll with myself. >> reporter: in the end, it's part of the big picture for the audience as they venture on the film's visual and emotional journey. what do you hope people walk out

script, what i loved about it was the fact that it was a beautiful love story, first of all. and a very entertaining movie. at the same time, there are themes and questions that are very deep and profound. >> "allied" opens tomorrow. it is a fantastic move. >> great job. so dylan, we've been testing these new starbucks cups. thee promise to keep hot for two hours. we'll tell you if it's working after the break. >> everything is hard to do in long nails. >> oh, that's hot! >> it works. it works. >> scalding. we'll have the results of the temperature. this is "today" on nbc. it's 150. we'll get you one next year.

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