. ♪ >>> here with us now awarding winning chef john besh out with his latest cookbook," cooking froms. >> recommend this. >> we all need this. tell us why. >> we've become food obsessed in america. >> yes. >> we cook less at home than ever before in history. we need to change that. there are a lot of problems stemming from people not dining together at home. >> and cooking together. first of all socially for family it brings you together. it's something to do together. >> it's more than just nutrition. >> then the food itself. >> let's talk about around the table and why it's so important. i saw a study back 15 years ago, something like 92%, 93% of national merit scholars had one thing in common, their family got together and were "around the table" at least four nights a week. isn't that stunning? now we're all blown apart. we go to restaurants. i don't any more because i make us all sit "around the table." >> i don't want to discourage anybody from supporting their local chef. >> you're right. we've moved away from that. we got to move back to it. >> that's why i do these books. i

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