best cook in the world. i enjoy some things that i can do well and i could be a little creative but i really like writing but it's so much harder than cooking well. do you see a comparison? >> i'm with you. >> let me tell you, when you see that, you feel like saying, all that you can do and cooking too? [laughter] i have been to her home in north carolina. incredible home where her multiple talents -- this woman has done everything. she's been a writer, poet, actor. and look at her age. she is in her 80's and she's a black woman. and every stage in her life, to do what she has to do or what she felt she wanted to do to be great. she had to taken credible risks that she be turned back. she is the ultimate role model for women because women are not risk takers and when they see the risks she took and the success she has had, what an inspiration she is. >> your thoughts on writing and cooking. and then we'll get to the next one, which will be easier, i promise. >> i haven't tasted any of her food -- no, i love h

claude, do you want the take the skin before or after you cook it? f you poach it, you could do it after. because it gives it in the water. >> you put that in there? [ laughter ] so here you will see -- as it cook, it will thicken. quite a lot, too. we'll do that in there with the hand blender. >> it's easy to do. yep. >> i'm going to put some pepper in it. a little bit of olive oil. a piece of butter in there. okay. >> yeah. it's boiling so -- >> okay. salt in there. >> while our entree is being whipped up here, i'm going to give you yet another opportunity to show your support for this and all the other great programs you enjoy here on kqed. if you're enjoying this program, if you enjoy jacques pepin over the years, help us keep him and all the other great programs on the air by making your gift of support right now. >> call or go online to kqed.org and contribute $100 to get "the complete pepin" double dvd set! in this instructional course, jacques takes you step-by-step through all the techniques you need to become a confident and daring chef. wit

the oven for? how long do you cook it? can i get the dinner on the table in time? well, i got the secret for you.onna work out really slick. this is my, uh, 6-minute turkey. you can have this thing on the table in 6 minutes with a little preparation. what i've done is put a little--i have a precooked turkey breast that i've sliced into nice large eaks. i've oiled them lightly and put a little secret rub on that you can get through the website and through the magazine. and i have a little bit of a--a stew which we've made up. now, you're watchin', uh, the ballgame, and you're havin' a great time, and you're not sure when everybody wants to sit down, so this is the best way to time it out. have a nice hot grill, and we're gonna go ahead and mark the turkey right on the grill, and that's gonna be what warms it up and just makes it so tasty. the spice rub gets a nice little char to it and adds kind of a nice rustic kind of california elemeft to the dish which makes it really, really yummy. we're gonna mark these off. they take about 2 minutes a side, maybe 3 minutes a side, and then we're gonna go ah

the rule is, whoever cooks doesn't clean. >> exactly. tly. >>> this comes to us from news 5 in cincinnati, ohio, where one waitress is giving tips on doing the right bring. trisha didn't think twice about returning $1,200 that fred mistakenly left on her table. he retraced his steps, thinking all the while his cash to buy christmas gifts was long gone. that is, until he went back to the restaurant. he says he'd love to give trisha a million bucks, but she says thanks is enough and she hopes anyone else would have done the same for her. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> at one beauty contest in me nepal, the bigger, the better. elephants are judged on their physique b and paintings. to take home the crowns, beauty queens participated in races and showed off their colorful outfits. in the end, a hot pink cape and painted nails put this lady ahead of the rest. >>> some surfers aren't letting their location keep them down. despite freezing temperatures and no ocean, s

the comanche says, the cook is comanche. he has a baseball bat. second, that bouncer by the door is comanche. third, there is a six-foot five- inch, 275-pound comanche man over there with a black belt in karate. that man next to you is a professional wrestler, a comanche. the comanche on the other side of you, he's a professional weight lifter. after hearing these five things, my friend, but you still want to tell that comanche joke? the man pauses for a second, shakes his head, no. not if i will have to explain at five times. [laughter] all right. getting ready to close this up, i want to send out a special shout out to kqed, public broadcasting. the native american health center. native american aids project. the mayor's office right here in san francisco, neighborhood services. i would like to mention that the native american aids project, very close. the two spirits. my cousin, probably one of the first native americans to pass away with aids. from my family to you, thank you. thank you, thank you. [applause] an appropriate flag song, and a qui

that is behaving in a very undemocratic way in as much as rather than vote counting we've got the vote cooking and we've got in the words of one western diplomat industrial scale fraud

the pizza -- you may be the greatest cook in the world. but what water are you using?know that drug tunnel anderson cooper found? i've been bringing water in from mexico. >> that is a great idea. >> jimmy: you have obviously done tens of thousands of interviews over the course of your career. you've gotten to know -- well, you know all the presidents. how far back to you go with the presidents? >> nixon. >> jimmy: nixon. and kennedy is a guy that you interviewed -- >> i never interviewed kennedy. i interviewed bobby. but i had an unusual experience with john kennedy. >> jimmy: what was it? >> okay. he was -- sunday morning in palm beach, right? and three other disc jockeys and myself, just 23 years old, living in miami, we had never seen palm beach. so, it was a beautiful sunday morning. so, we said, let's drive up, see what palm beach is like. we had this beat up old convertible, and i drove. one guy in the front, two guys in the back. i'm driving up. and palm beach, if you drive up the shore -- have you done >> jimmy: no, i haven't. >> the coastline, there's just the

eve four years ago because some family was marking their six years together with all of finishing the cooking and peter intervening the guests. but as the cramming clock started counting down the last seconds of the year everybody paused. they rode out wishes and napkins burned them and soaked the ashes in the champagne according to the time honored to russian ritual drinking it should a grand even the most on a team that will wish all of. them i can tell you what i have asked for because this way it won't come true let's wait and see if i'm lucky with my wish you will know about it a symbol of russia's officialdom the kremlin charms are also an embodiment of people's most private hopes every year has the clock strikes midnight millions of fractions ask fortune for favors. for those few seconds even cynics start to believe in magic. you can call it the cinderella fact according to polls the majority of those who are scribed wish granting powers to the crown in chimes are women and some of the most popular in years wishes include finding your chill love getting married and having a baby. the l

we warm it up and now these are the cooked dough. certain this. >> why are you talking like that? >> you pour the honey in. >> ann, why don't you take it over? >> that's all right. that's all right. it happens to the best of us. >> during the holidays, this is what we have. it's warm, they're really delicious. look what we started here. i've been toasting some almond paste and some confectionery sugar together. it's just going to take a second. and then what we're going to do is take this off. andi inthen if you can help me, love. we want to try to add this to the mixture. i'm going to add a little salt. >> the dough smells so wonderful. how do you find this almond taste? >> in the store. you're going to mix that together. >> we're going to pretend we did that. then what happens. >> we're going to get it going like this. it sets up in the refrigerator. put it in one of these disposable -- >> or like a baggie. >> we're going to squeeze, it's a little goey and delicious. you're going to add a little pine nuts, you're going to set your

i love doing the slow cooked things around the holidays. you can put them in the oven and cook them. if you go over, they'll get more tender. they're great tips you can use around the holidays. make it fun to enjoy your family. >> also, it's unbare digittable the, it's unpredictable by the presentation, also. >> people eat with their eyes first. i try to treat it like the restaurant. i like to wipe down the plate and give it a clean presentation. we get judged on presentation, you want to build things up and create different levels of flavor and texture. that makes it exciting for people to eat. i see your current book. i don't know if we've gotten a clear shot of that yet. this is called live to cook, recipes from my childhood until now. things that i made with my grandparents and mom and dad and on iron chef or at home. >> it would be a great holiday gift. >> thank you. >> thank you, live to cook. the other white meat's website has more recipes. thank you, have a great holiday. you, too. stay tuned for an update on traffic, of course and

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today, i take the cooking oil over to the recycling center, and it is picked up. i am thankful to them for showing me how to do that. thank you. >> next speaker. is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item? please come forward. if there is anyone in the north light court that would like to speak on this item, please do come up. >> my name is rubin, and a volunteer with the coalition on homelessness. i have an outreach to homeless folks in golden gate park and have had the pleasure of conversing with some pretty sensitive, intelligent, and thoughtful beings. regarding the area in question. i have walked and jogged through the area many times and have never detected a foul odor or stench. thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to comment on this item? seeing ninone, public, it is closed. [applause] president buell: go ahead and clap. that is a good idea. and let me thank you for trying to keep your comments to one minute. i know that seems onerous at times, but it is 10 after seven now and we still have another item that should

it was a closer series than they ended up being [unintelligible] the cook is averaging better, i think. they must therefore be australia. the headline has collapsed. -- collapse. it was a bit more discipline. this does seem to be quite a decline. you don't consider it to be quite so easily. >> to other news now, west african leaders refusing to stand down. he risks a military action if he does not cede power. the dispute has led to widespread unrest, tens of thousands fleeing. >> he welcomes were warm and the packs on the cheek presidential. in just a few minutes, three west african leaders greeted the man who insists he is still the ivory coast cozied president. he lost the election but he is clinging to power. the message was blunt. step down or face military intervention. behind closed doors, they gave him a stark ultimatum. afterwards, there was little away. it is nothing more than a pledge to stay in touch. his opponents hope that the calls for him to go will one day be heeded. for now, it continues with tempers frayed. violence has claimed more than 170 lives. this is the man the

the open flame. you are in charge of cooking. >> yeah. >> take us through the steps. >> i do the cooking. the shrimps and calamari and steam the muscles. and mention it together and put juice like lemo and parsley and garlic and pepper. >> you put all this in and cook it together. >> no. >> just the seafood. >> just the sea foot. >> shrimp calamari and musses excuse me not the mussl he is you mix the other grind cents in correct? >> yes. >> how long does it take. >> 15 to 20 minutes. >> you are talking a meal in 40 minutes. >> he yes. >> in terms of working with someone who is a chef, where did the recipe come from. >> actually his mother. >> your family. how far back. >> about more than 30 years. >> more than 30 years. >> yeah. >> and what are your other specialties. >> i do a lot of specials like i do chicken with the crab meat. >> now when this is something that is a holiday request and you at your house. >> yes. >> and it's so easy to do. >> it is. >> what are the other staples you get asked for. >> this is our kids favorite. we weren't going to do it this year and they protested. >>

i, uh, i said wishing. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway. life. >> take a look at this house. >> are news photographer is out there -- our news photographer is out there, isn't this something? >> is a showstopper. >> look at all of the reindeer. that is a good look. >>> it feels like christmas. it feels like january. really quick, teens out there tonight and tomorrow a slow climb to the 20s. probably our coldest day of the year so far tomorrow. >> it feels like antarctica. >> have a good one. check out you. one rior operations due to the thank you for calling usa pmy name peggy. peggy, yes, i'd like to redeem my reward points for a gift card. tell points please? 250,000. calculating... ooh! answer: five fifty! 550 bucks?! 5 dollar, 50 cents. minus redeeming charge. leaving 50 cents. say what? happy time! what kind of program is this? want better rewards? switch to discover. america's number 1 cash rewards program. it pays to discover. sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here,

i'm going to crack an egg right down the funnel and leave it for about 45 seconds. now, i'm not going to cookhave is this really glorious little french petit four with chestnut and chocolate. happy holidays. i remember hearing my son talk to one of his school friends and his little friend said oh it's so annoying my mom always asks me what i did at school every day and my son says you're lucky, all mine asked about is what i had for lunch. >> nigella lawson. when we come back a very special christmas for some brave men and women, but first, jimmy kimmel with what's comeing up next. >> jimmy: tonight, rachael ray, garrett hedlund, music from darker my love and these guys. "jimmy kimmel live" is next.

i, uh, i said wishing. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway.dients for life. >>> new at 11:00, the police department is understaffed and with the recent spike in homicides investigators are having to work overtime. kron 4's reggie kumar tells us this is the result of the city's budget crisis. >> reporter: antioch police department investigated 10 homicide, the most recent in the last two weeks. now it is doubled compared to what it was last year. 50 police officer positions have to remain unfilled, which means the 94 officers have to pick up the extra slack. gary says the recent rash of violent crime concerns him. >> doesn't mean we are having more crime. we are higher than where it is historically. it is a jump from last year. there has been evidence of crime that has gone down even in the last 6 months. >> reporter: he says investigators are still able to solve crimes with the help of neighboring police departments. >> i am so happy with how they are able to interview people, to get leads and save crimes. they have gotten leads and arrested p

the gift. safeway. ingredients for life. when you don't have to cook, [ female announcer ] safeway talks made-for-you meals. you have time for other things. yeah, like what? i don't know. fishing. fishing?! i, uh, i said wishing. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> jeopardy is going high-tech. the show is pitting "humans against the computer for its next all-star challenge. -- "humans against a computer for its next all-star challenge. two humans against a computer for its next all-star challenge. that will be february 14. jeopardy is on at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >>> during a taping yesterday, a special guest was part of a stunt on oprah gone bad. >> [applause] uh oh, that was actor hugh jackman. he was repeling body that the brakes too late and smacked into the building and got a black eye. he is that was scary. >> he is a tough guy he can make it through that. >>> forecast will stay cold and it will be 40 by friday and saturday. there will be just a few flurries the next couple of da

he gets the blogger, takes him up and then make him cook these dishes. gg over. now you make a perfect egg." and when he doesn't make it, something happs to him. >> jimmy: burns his hand with a frying pan -- >> i can't give away the whole movie, dude. >> jimmy: is it like "misery"? like -- >> it's on sale right now for dvd purchasing for christmas gifts. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: for christmas gifts? >> yeah. >> jimmy: you're gonna put this under the tree, "bitter feast"? [ laughter ] >> i would. well, imagine -- >> jimmy: santa claus would be scared and go back up the chimney. >> no, hs not going to watch the movie. he's going to drop it off, dude. don't burn the dream. my kids are watching the show. [ laughter ] santa's dropping it off and leaving. >> jimmy: he drops it off and splits -- >> exactly. >> jimmy: and goes, enjoy. >> right. >> jimmy: but you halines and everything and you did well? >> i was petrified. the way it happened is, two of the guys involved in the movie the actor james legros and the producer and writer and all-around guy that's also a

i, uh, i said wishing. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway.redients for life. mmm. you smell that? yeah, wait. what is that? love. smells like ham. [ female announcer ] serve a main course brimming with comfort and joy. safeway. ingredients for life. try cortizone 10 intensive healing. the strongest itch relief medicine now has three vitamins and seven moisturizers. feel the heal. californians on disability. the reason... the state is beginning a change-over to a new payment system, for most state benefits. recipients of those payments will have to carry a special debit card, issued by bank of america. "there is a little bit of a process for us... to get the information over to bof a for them to actually make the card and then get it into the mail, so it might take another ... day or two longer for you to get that card." the card roll- out started monday. people on disability and family medical leave will get them first. by next spring, people on unemployment will be getting the cards as well. a state appeals court has moved up the deadline fo

when the trotter is done, we take it off the fire. we cook these farm eggs, sunny side up. top. and then from here to the salad. and voila. it's fun just to stand back and inspire the young cooks to help get the sear just right on the fish or the texture on the, you know, puree just right. and to know when the customer gets it and you know when it's right and you know when it's almost right. you know when it's acceptable and when it's not. and when it's on the highest side of that scale, when it's perfect, that is a feeling. that, to this day, gets me very fired up. back in the kitchen, we do it differently. mustard. press it together. that's how you do trotter. >> if you're cooking is getting noticed in south carolina, you're doing something right. when we come back, president obama calls out his critics. first, jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: thanks bill. tonight, dan aykroyd, brian austin green, music from brad and donald trump's hair comes to life. it's a christmas miracle. jk jk is next. ñ

i, uh, i said wishing. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway. ingredients for life. you do the enjoying. it has been reported that south korea has just ended artillery droll's promote island near north for real. fire could still be heard. the display started at 945 last an hour. north korea has promised to retaliate if they went through with it. the u.s. military said they would support the south koreans. so far there has been no response from north korea. today diplomats conferred on the un to talk about the crisis at the career. the did not agree on how to address the problem, people have moved off the island were south korea has tested weapons. though some are staying put. >> caring what they cannot can young villagers ahead toward what they believe is the loss carry off the island. for the evacuees boarded caring children. and helping the others. and i'm leaving because they said the drills are tomorrow, she does not want to leave. of course i'm angry she says that is not going to change anything. the residents who are evacuating the island

ha. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway. ingredients for life. effort to free her fiance and a friend, who are still being held in iran. . >>> uc berkeley graduate freed from an iranian prison has taken to youtube in an effort to have they are friends released still being held in iran. this has been posted on line. >> reporter: it may seem like an unusual tactic to use a youtube video to get prisoners released from in a foreign country but it allowed sarah shourd to speak out without offending the people she needs. >> we don't need them sitting in a prison. >> reporter: she seems to be walking a fine line. campaigning for the freedom of her fianci shane bauer and josh fat olympic who are holding them captive in iran. >> this song is put out there with the intention and hope that the certainty that i feel that they will be with us again and that they will be with us again soon. >> reporter: this music may be shourd's protest song but one song softly. [ singing ]. . >> reporter: we asked alsandra rom to watch and tell us about

i, uh, i said wishing. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway.ell that? yeah, wait. what is that? love. smells like ham. [ female announcer ] serve a main course brimming with comfort and joy. safeway. ingredients for life. >> good evening. where do you want to start? nothing much to say other than it was embarrassing. tonight's loss hurts the 49ers and the raiders' playoff chances. what did we do so wrong? justin smith nudges a ref. he is ejected from the game. it was that kind of night. alex smith coming right at the camera. nice scramble, dives into the end zone, that is the touchdown. hold on. upon further review no touchdown. no big deal fourth and goal from the 1 yard line. mike singletary says we're going for it. anthony dixon, right up -- not even close. stuffed. 49ers empty handed. they had a ted ginn jr. touchdown called back. the chargers, 34-7. the 49ers embarrassed, humiliated, they drop to 5-9 on the season. >> the bottom line is we did not play well tonight. it's as simple as that. we've got to regroup and get ready to finish our l

ha. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway. ingredients for life. california, are being heard right now in federal court in >> >> arguments over the ban on same-sex marriage in california are being heard in federal court. i am alan martin. >> i am sydnie kohara. let's go to mark sayer in san francisco with a critical issue the court will decide. >>> well, sydnie it has not wrapped up yet. this hearing going on longer than expected at this point with a panel of three federal judges asking pointed questions of both sides. with the bang of a gavel a three judge panel of the 9th circuit court of appeals opens a hearing. the voter approved ban on same- sex marriage unconstitutional. the state attorney general declined to defend the proposition. >>> that is what is so important about this case there is not a single governmental defender defending this action. here we have one willing to come to this court and wants to as sure they are not placed in the legally conflicted position ... >> reporter: proponents say only statewide officia

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some of the cooks here arrive at 6:00, in the morning and a few are still in there. >> damian, thank you. >>> well, it looks like the bush era tax breaks will continue. and that's making investors feel good. nbc bay area's business and tech reporter scott budman is here with the numbers and the news. scott? >> reporter: after a few days of pessimism, we're getting signs it will pass thanks in part to the president's secret weapon, former president bill clinton. he took over the room to lend his support to the tax compromise that would extend unemployment benefits by 13 months and the tax breaks in place. that combined with the consumer confidence sent the stock market to its highest close in two years. not a bad way to wrap up the week for your money. >>> going until the hot seat over streetview technology. connecticut's attorney general wants the mountain view search giant to turn over data it collected from wireless networks when its cars mapped areas of the state. connecticut says the data is necessary to determine if google broke state laws. google apologized about the accidental

ha. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway.ife. >>> good evening. there is a disturbing undertone we saw tone with the warriors. they did well, and this was the only game of the season at which they really played at full capacity all 48 minutes. but they lost. the warriors just not stacking up to good teams. tonight in dallas, recognize this guy? jason kidd, 37 years old and still kicking. it's one of the most entertaining games we've seen this season so far. lou amondson, the warriors had a 63-62 lead. the warriors need to play some defense here. slams it in. it's a 28th birthday. happy birthday to you. got the ponytail working, too. the warriors at a 72-74 lead. jason kidd was 0-6 this game. the only shot he made was that three-pointer with about 30 seconds left. man, gay home. the warriors had left nine out of its last test. they placed troy smith as the 49ers starting quarterback. this sunday they host the seahawks. quarterback andrew luck got some advice today: go cut your hair. this saturday's heisman trophy ceremony. the