eric theiss is a successful restaurant owner, author, and culinary expert. he's here today to introduce you to the copper chef xl that will change the way you cook in the kitchen. here is eric theiss and denise repko. >> denise, i am super excited. you want to know why? >> why is that? >> because everybody loves our copper chef pan! >> it's my favorite pan. >> i know! it's everybody's favorite pan. you know, we sold over a million of these guys! >> i'm not surprised. >> come on! they've been asking us for more. >> a bigger one! >> let me introduce the copper chef xl. >> yeah! >> it's 60% bigger than the original. it means we can go super high searing temperatures. >> oh, my gosh. >> now we're gonna go to this corner. >> oh, my gosh. every corner! >> and everywhere in between. >> perfect. >> nine filet mignons in here. >> wow. >> they're cooking perfectly. and you're gonna get great results. now, in the original pan, which was big, i could only get four. >> yeah. yeah. >> you've got nine huge fillets in there. all right, we're gonna let those cook. >> okay. >> now, the other thing that we did -- we put two side handles on here. so we call it a casserole. >> rig

today you will hear from authors such as blanche wiesen cook, michael eric dyson, hugh hewitt and many more. for a complete schedule of today's coverage go to book tv.org. you can also follow us on facebook, facebook.com. /book tv, on twitter at book tv and on instagram at a book_tv for lots of behind-the-scenes images and videos. percept today from the "la times" festival of books is an author panel on writing biographies. authors of books of eleanor roosevelt, frederick douglas and range oh proctor discussed their process. this is book to be live coverage of the "la times" festival of books. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

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charlie: did the love of cooking come from your family? eric: yes, from mike grandmother. t styles. my mother was influenced by chefs. my grandmother cooks food from italy, some foods from that region, and less fancy. more like no presentation, but the pasta was delicious. i had those two expenses. want, a beautiful china, and very refined silverware, flowers and candles at night on the table. at my mother's house. then, something much more rustic with my grandmother and the rest of the family. loved well known that i food so much, that would make me happy. the entire family decided to reward me all the time, they would feed me. charlie: this is autobiographical. you talk about when you're was gone. your mother remarried. you were abuse. what impact that have on you? eric: it is never good to have .bused obviously stepfather iwith a had. despite being very young, i was very resilient. i was fighting him mostly with my intellect. although i was very young, he was not smart. it became almost like again. i learned how to never give up in that painful moment. i have been inspir

steven cook, former cop who became a federal prosecutor who sessions appointed one of his top lieutenants to help undue the criminal justice policies from obama and former attorney general eric holder. cook has called organizations that are against mandatory minimum sentences, "antilaw enforcement groups" argued the criminal justice system which has produced the most incarcerated society on earth, is working just as it should. >> i've been in the system since 1985, seven years before that i was on the street dealing with these thugs. what we did beginning in 1985 or long in there is put these laws to work. what we did by putting them to work, we started to filling the federal prisons with the worst of the worst. >> i sat down with senator booker, a democrat who worked with republicans to try to reform our criminal justice system. we talked about whether the justice department that wants to roll back some of the obama era progress, desire to end federal oversight of local police departments had been seen abusing their authority. >> this one is really one disturbs me, the time you have so much discontent about police community relations. i was one of these folks when i was may

cooking. >> usually you pop champagne but three iv bags will have to do. that's it for tonight. i'm ericr drew tuma and rick quan, thank you so much for joining us. have a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. [ camera shutters clicking ] how's that? abby: perfect. no teeth? no teeth. so, after this announcement, you'll kiss the rings of the leaders of the senate rules committee, do a roundtable of soft-ball interviews with the press, and then, come thursday, congress will confirm you as vice president with an overwhelming majority. are you excited? more nervous. oh, that's only natural. cyrus: susan. how's my girl?

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