in her lifetime, julia child must have made thousands of crêpes.e did it so many times she could probably do it in her sleep. take the batter, have the nice preheated pan-- she had the nice wrist thing going where she could coat the pan-- and then two minutes later, she had perfect crêpes. >> this is julia child. bon appetit. >> for me, it's different. what's the ratio of flour to milk? should you let the batter rest? what kind of pan to use? is the pan preheated? how do you flip it? i have no idea. in fact, this is what i get: undercooked crêpes or overcooked crêpes. so let's go into the test kitchen with becky and figure out a foolproof method for making perfect crêpes every time. you know, in the last few years, a lot of kids have been watching america's test kitchen, and one of them had a mother who wrote in and said, "my daughter abby, age six"-- there we go-- "is an early riser like me, and we often watch tivo'd episodes of america's test kitchen before daddy wakes up." smart daddy. "she thinks bridget, julia, and becky are very nice to teach

there was only julia child on public television then and some lectures, so they started buying the alreadyduced programs, and the audience completely turned up. so now we have to just keep feed. >> when it comes to a downtown abbey, why is it such a hit? >> man, if i knew that, i would certainly not tell you, for one thing. and julienne fellows who created down ton is asked that all the time and he doesn't know. i tell the story in the book b. when he was a little boy his mother used to turn the kitchen over to him. one time she turned the kitchen over to him and he made the most fantastic chocolate eclairs. and she said, julienne how did you do it? can you do it again? and he never could. so it's little bit of magic. he was ready to do it, julienne, and he was to the matterhorn and i think he understood the characters and knew what they would be because he had them in his own family true tree and i think -- my theory about it is that if a perfect television precinct drama but there's a certain goodness of "entertainment tonight" to all of these characterize and i think that has been missi

. >> which julia child once called the harvard of cooking school. >> we specialize in bringing reallythe menu. >> one of the things that i think is a real opportunity to do better in the military system is increase amount of fresh vegetables to increase the amount of grains, fruits, nuts that are offered. >> the there is covert side to this operation. because we're going to sneak something really good in here and nobody will ever know. >> he's making a chutney with apples, pineapple juice, spices and one secret ingredient. >> we are going to put in quinoa. something he has never heard of. >> what is this stuff? >> quinoa. >> what is quinoa? >> that's it right there? pancakes? >> you've heard of a bull in a china shop. how about a pair trooper in a kitchen. >> that's buckwheat. >> what are you doing with it? >> buckwheat orange salad. >> wow. the cia chef in charge of overall, pancakes and sausages are still on the menu. >> going to use turkey sausage, season it with cumin and cayenne and hot peppers to give it a kick. >> are you going to tell them that it's turkey sausage. >> if they

the french chef julia child was with the oss. but what kind of str--struck me about donovan is the crack-brained ideas that he could advance, one of which was that his agents would somehow intrude into hitler's diet substances that would cause the fuhrer's breasts to swell, his voice to rise and his mustache to fall out. another idea that he came forward with was to drop leaflets over japanese troops which show pictures of japanese women involved in compromising positions with caucasians, which presumably would--would demoralize them and seeing that their women were not being faithful. the thing that was surprising to me is that these crazy ideas did not turn fdr off at all. he didn't reject them out of hand because he loved the--the surreptitious, the furtive, the clandestine and the covert. c-span: you say in your book at, i think, the height of the oss, he had something like 1,600 people working for him? >> guest: more like 16,000. c-span: sixteen thousand people! >> guest: yes. c-span: boy, i missed that. >> guest: and that's

before cable tv when he got started there were people like julia childs obviously, james beard and others first one to become a celebrity chef in a commercial sense, right? >> yes. it was really in france when chefs became personalities and had their own restaurants. he got that cue. he said, you know i will do that in the united states. he initially was in monaco and wanted to be a race car driver. he didn't have the money to really do that and came here. hey, he made it happen. david: now he started spago, i was interested to know he tried japan and that didn't work out. the japanese were going to take his brand, use it. he instead, let me make a deal with you. they tried it for a couple years in japan and didn't work. >> yes, but the real funny thing about that, they came to him initially. he said, no, i don't want to do it. i don't think that would be right for my brand. david: he was right. >> they came back to him nine months later said we'll do it without you. he didn't have the money to fight the lawsuit. so he had that instinct in the beginning, hey, maybe i don't want to expand

. >>> nadia g has been called the julia child of the next generation.ooking for trouble." welcome. >> thank you for the introduction what do we have here? >> we've a beautiful fillet mignon. maple balsamic sweet, tangy glaze that's awesome on steak, chicken, whatever. >> i love you way you describe food. walk me through the drink next. >> so here we -- >> this is a wild morning. this is a pink grapefruit mojito. what i love about this drink. what i love about cooking in general is breaking down the foods into its raw elements. a mojito has herbs, citrus and sugar. why not play around with that. instead of lime i used pink grapefruit. instead of sugar i used maple and instead of mint i use sclant cilantro. >> you started out doing comedy on the web, right? >> uh-huh. >> how did food get into it? >> i grew up with a crazy, wild italian family that was completely food-obsessed. but i never considered food a, you know a career. it was just more of a necessity. i loved to eat i love to cook. what i did with my time was create sketch comedy. and then finally

child. that makes five for willis if you are keeping track. >>> in their new movie julia roberts tackles meryl streep. robert said of the action scene i didn't look forward to it but she was a worthy opponent. >>> john mayor released music video for who you love. >>> warner brothers announced they will be making "gilligan's island" into a feature film. >>> jennifer lawrence says she wants younger generations to be protected. >> the word fat i think should be illegal to say the word fat on tv. if we are regulating cigarettes and cuss words because of the effect of people. >>> actress sophie tells the daily mail that the costumes worn don't get washed and they have taken on a stinky smell, as you can imagine. >> i think with the budget they have now. >> if you think about it -- maybe they can make a duplicate of each one. >> they could do that. that is a lot of time. i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> a d.c.ñr police officer seto appear before a judge today on charges he waskoko prostituti t girls. about an attempted6m abd

. >> julia is a parent that came to our house to participate in the child development associate training program. >> she can sit up and see everything. it was just natural for me. i love singing the songs. >> our house provides early childhood education and family support services for families experiencing homelessness. >> i became homeless in may of 2008. i received a job and found out he was pregnant. for medical reasons i had to quit the job, which put me in a cycle of unemployment. >> my mom was just like, you know, we think you'd be better in a shelter. i'm like, how can a mom, you know, make that decision? how can a mom have that reasoning, that logic? >> for many of the families that we serve, when they come in, their lives are, if you imagine it, like a deck of cards. they're stacking their successes carefully upon one another, but if you remove the wrong card, it can all come tumbling down. >> right now i'm working towards financial stability to pay my bills and have enough money to take my son to a movie, you know. i love you. have the best day. it will be good for me and my so

child. that makes five for willis, including his children with ex-wife demi moore. >>> in their new movie, julia roberts tackles meryl streep. roberts said of the action scene, i didn't look forward to it but she was a worthy opponent. she was not going down without some scratches and some heels in thighs. >> i want to see the outtakes. >> she definitely meant business there. >>> john mayor released music video for "who you love," featuring his love, katy perry. that one might last. what do you think? >> no. >> another three hours? the three hour tour, warner brothers announcing they will make "gilligan's island" into a feature film. >> they better do this right. >> the actor will be good. >> you're responsible. >> reporter: you can blame me if it doesn't turn out as well as you want it to. >>> jennifer lawrence says she wants younger generations to be protected from criticism that she's received. >> and the word fat, i think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on tv. if we're regulating cigarettes and sex and cuss words because of the effect it has on our younger generation, why aren't we

life of julia so young women can look forward to growing old with a cat and if we're lucky a vegetable garden and the government is the government male is a two-handed hot chocolate swelling man-childed pajamas. that is the message that the administration is trying to portray, right? the beta male who is a baby who needs the government. and i actually think it's pretty despicable. if i were guys, i'd be, like, this is not going to get me to purchase this. >> bob -- >> serious analysis here besides the ad. the turnout in an offyear, midterm election is about 50%, 60% of the presidential election. obama's real problem or the democrats' real problem is among that turnout figure among young people, it will be much lower. and that's going to be very dangerous. among hispanic, i'm not sure. but it may well fall off. and it always falls off among black voters. a lot of his base is going to be lower turnout. and i suspect the republicans, despite the fact they have nothing to say, nothing to offer except eric's idea, run on obamacare, run on obamacare. any party that's going to back its way into winning -- >> back? back its way, bob, president obama, "a," he's trying to rewrite the constit