put in the red wine vin bar and the lemon juice, it will be super perky. >> in the kitchen. >> sault. the olive oil. >> thank you. okay. >> cook light. we love our flavors. again, very vivid flavors. a little pepper for you. >> why do we have such an epidemic of diabetes and obesity in our country when all we hear is people are cooking lightly. we don't have time for that answer. guess what? sara's going to get in touch with her roots. but first this is "today" on nbc. you're a good sport. release me, momigus!

a little bit of fresh lemon juice. a little sea salt and a little bit of olive oil. you just puree that up. then you end up with a nice little puree like this. okay? basically the puree is going to be accompanied with this yogurt dressing we make. again, fresh lemon juice, huge. >> greek yogurt. >> beautiful. >> fresh organizatiegano or dry. honey, a staple ingredient in greece. al, would you do that for me? >> sure. >> take a tomato, core it here. >> how hard to core one. >> if you're comfortable with your knife skills, do what i do, if not cut off the top and do it with your fingers. cut off the bottom so it's straight. take the fava puree, yellow split pea, add it there. crumbled feta, chopped onion. okay? a little micro greens on top. >> nice, healthy look to it. >> once we're done, fresh yogurt sauce, drizzle like this, stuffed tomatoes, great oppose advertiser, two per person or if you have time make small ones. >> can you use that as a dip? >> yes. basically we'll go back and talk about that. two cheeses that are popular. this is a firm, almost feta like made

someone pours out the lemon juice and there's the fish sauce. >> a little harder. faster. >> brown shug, a fish sauce which gives it the saltiness and lemon juice for the acidity. take your veggies, which i cup up nice and fine. we have mangos, carrots and chilli peppers. a beautiful thing about this style of cook beinincookin this vietnamese take on the dish. >> what kind of noodles are these? >> these are rice noodles. you boil for three minutes and strain them. you add all of that dressing in there, brown sugar and all. >> ladies, the sound of shugar, just the word i imagine, you've been training so hard. >> you toss that together, get all those veggies in there. the cold salad would be with the hot pork on top. you come back here to your pork belly and turn that around. >> isn't that beautiful? >> it's gorgeous. a restaurant-style dish. we're in the middle of "top chef masters," all the fabulous chefs around cooking the food just like that. >> this is easy enough to make tonight. get the right ingredients. >> the pork is popping over here. i don't want to get, you know

this is bombay sapphire gin, fresh lime juice or lemon juice. lemon juice is really nice and clean and plays well with the sapphire and then a chili ginger simple syrup. take jalapeno and put a little fresh ginger in there and just make a 2-1 water to sugar ratio, simple syrup. >> add aing the pepper and cayenne is becoming more of a trend. >> nice and summary and refreshing and also plays really well with the botanicals and gin itself. >> we have one we can make today, which can be done quickly, which is what we like. >> let's hope it's done quickly. you can fill that bowl with the foam. >> you trust me with this thing? >> you didn't tell me which way to -- >> that was kind of amazing. >> yeah, that's perfect. >> we'll start with two ounces of the bombay sapphire gin. >> okay. >> then we're going to put in one ounce of king ginger liquore. take an ounce of our fresh lime juice. put that in there. >> when you're making this, because you are the winner of this bartender competition. no dance moves or anything. i'm thinking tom cruise. >> i'm a te

to prevent kidney stones is too and drink plenty of water per >>> the other way is to drink real lemon juice. >>> just a few days before the surgery, histone past and he avoided surgery >>> somewhat what are headed our way. theoit is shaping up to be a nice day in the valley spread gave pride is kicking off in san as they today. it starts at noon. it is expected to be partly cloudy it. here is brian hackney with the rest of your pen point forecast. >>> the result is a funnel over this part of the states. done in victorville, 80 mi. east of los angeles common at an inch of rain in an hour. it left motorists stranded. it coscaused mud and debris flo it caused flash flooding. idangerous weather down south. what happened was, all of this continued to move north of bringing moisture into the bay area. we will be booking for the thought of things to be very clouded today. as the heat of the day, list all of the moisture. the floor of the south will be with us today. it will be sticky. it will be like kansas. it is different because we do want it the suspect that in this part of the bay. low clubs

now you put a little lemon juice on it. that's enough. send it my way. craig: oh, paper cut! paper cut! ah! ah! >> ok. another great austrian thing is strudel. craig: strudel. >> a cherry strudel. craig: we don't have time for strudel. we did all that. everybody's here waiting to get some wiener. >> give the girls the wiener and we'll eat the strudel. craig: i'll give the girls the wiener. come over, ladies, secretariat, geoff. all right. ooh, that's nice. help yourself. tuyan and lisa. wolfgang puck, hugo, geoff peterson, secretariat, we'll be back tomorrow night. [applause] >>> here we go again. another storm, more power outages. thousands of people in the dark again. matt jablow is live in montgomery county. iism imagine gin pepco not getting much benefit of the doubt tonight. >> reporter: derek, at the height of the storm we're told about 10,000 pepco customers have lost power, the vast majority in montgomery county. we're told about 6200 pepco customers are still in the dark, most of them here in montgomery county. brian coakley of the manor club neighborhood has lost po

add lemon juice and it's done... >>i'm going to taste this because i am very curious ...se. >>whenever we barbecue we have to have a cocktail this is called the paloma we use our favorite type of tequila for this ... i also want to say that people need to please drink responsibly. add club soda to the tequila with some pink grapefruit juice... >>this is a chicken barbecue dish i remove the skin and eye marinade this with barbecue sauce ... i had some tequila so i'm using that in the marinade you put this on the grill and it comes out very moist ... the basic barbecue sauce has mole you can purchase this and a specialty store and the tequila really makes a difference.... for a recipe or to watch the segment again, log on to: wgntv.com/midday. thank you very much for coming here ... time now for the answer to today's trivia question. we asked: on this day in 1993 the movie the fugitive was released... what was the name of harrison fords character in the fugitive? a. charles nichols b. richard kimble c. samuel gerard the answer: b. richard kimble great movie. >>i was doing t

you can add other things like pickled cucumber and balsamic caviar or avocado that we puree with lemon juicething like fresh gooseberries that we get from local farmers ... we just piece this together >>it is like a work of art you even include edible flowers for the garnish! >>it is just beautiful ... the taste of the gold coast is next thursday august 16th ... we will lots of chefs and lots of restaurants and mixologists ... it will take place at the sofitel on chestnut street ... to learn more or get some tickets you can go to the website taste of the gold coast .com we will have this recipe on our web site along with a link for more information about the event: wgntv.com/midday i'm on break sweetheart. [ woman ] you know you don't have to put up with this. those annoying period symptoms. general pain relievers like advil, only treat cramps, but midol has three active ingredients to take care of that... and fatigue and bloating. because you deserve better. in medical watch.. the dangers of third hand smoke. we've heard a lot about health problems caused by second hand smoke.. when someone

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if you don't mind a little whooi white wine, a little lemon juice.e pepper. >> how long. >> fifteen to twenty minutes. look like this. parsley. olive oil, absolutely delicious. >> looks fantastic. >> pretty good. >> you are speed demons today. we have so much time to talk about desert. >> they knew i was last but the best. >> okay. >> so now we're doing fried nutella ravioli. it's fabulous. you do ravioli do, add cocoa and water, make it a paste, roll it into the dough. here it comes. what we start with is an egg white around the sides, so it sticks. get our nutella. >> love. >> right there. >> i always have to do more than they tell me. they say a tablespoon. do i two. you know, they call me mrs. more, because i always have to do more. so then we cut it so that the ravioli has a nice design and we put it in the saute pan with oil. these have been frying. >> now, do they float like other raviolis. >> you know, it's really like a minute on each side, al. >> did you dust them with a little powdered sugar over here. >> we do. we dusted them with powdere

lemon juice, simple syrup, a gin mojito. but supposedly al capone's favorite cocktail. it's got its roots in chicago or new york, depending on who you ask. it's a great cocktail and a great representation of sort of the ingenuity that prohibition necessitated. >> are you in, jane? >> why not? >> tell us a little bit about prohibition in d.c? >> prohibition came to washington before the rest of the country because washington, d.c. was basically a garden for expects by congress. and this was an experiment by congress. we got prohibition in 1917 and the rest of the nation got it in 1920. >> it came early and stayed longer. this new movie lawless is based on bootlegging brothers in virginia. but that's not how it was in d.c. >> prohibition for places was a violent activity. in washington, we were in the city. we did not have organized crime like in new york and chicago. the bootlegging that went on here didn't have fancy car chases or people shooting in the streets. [ no captioner audio ] >> the outdoors is a service bar. but it's serving drinks, sort of focused on summer s

put in the red wine vinegar and the lemon juice, it will be super perky. >> the most cooking she's done >> salt. a little pepper for you. the olive oil. >> thank you. okay. all we hear is people cooking light because there's such an epidemic of diabetes. >> we don't have time for that answer. guess what? sara's going to get in touch with her roots. [ male announcer ] even after a dental cleaning... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste can help. it not only reduces plaque... it's also clinically proven... to help keep plaque from coming back. plus, it works in these other areas dentists check most. ♪ new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste. life opens up when you do. for extra plaque protection try new crest pro-health clinical rinse. has become boring and tasteless... only one man can save the day... ♪ with his sweet and nutty, sweet and nutty crunchy nut ♪ delicious! [ male announcer ] kellogg's crunchy nut. it's super delicious. mike's being healthy and chewing like a man. introducing one-a-day vitacraves for m

then you have your mango, a little bit of vinegar and lemon juice.u add the panko bread crumbs. >> people are using those more and more. >> they are really dry. they get super crispy. when you want that crunch -- >> keeps it all together, be too, so nicely. >> then you get this stuff. turn it into like a little ball or you turn it into a cutter and you can push it down. you make your crab cakes like that. pop them into a hot pan with a little bit of oil. you can use a little butter if you prefer the flavor of butter. >> is the egg safe? >> you're cooking it. >> okay. i don't want anybody dying because i was born. >> you see the chutney takes a little while to cook. you throw all that stuff in, get it working and it turns into this beautiful sticky chutney. >> that looks really good. >> how i serve these crab cakes, your next guest came in here -- >> he came in today. >> that's right. he's here today. >> you should never have two birthdays. crab cakes are right there cucumber. >> i've got to say this pie, ever since curtis made it when the book came o

and a little bit of lemon juice. okay?st leave that on the flame? >> leave that. >> now we're making the crab cakes. >> crab cakes. so i've got a beautiful sauvignon blanc from new zealand, down in my neck of the woods. >> all right. i'll be gracious. go ahead. i mean it was a chardonnay. chablis. >> yeah, exactly. >> you can't have everything on your birthday, kathie lee. >> i've got a case of maso canale downstairs. >> i've got some skal kronz. all your favorite ingredients. ginger, lime zest, cilantro, chili pepper. a little bit of fish sauce and a tiny bit of sesame oil. an egg. all this stuff goes in together. you throw it all in. mix it up with a bit of mayonnaise. and then you throw in the panko bread crumbs, which is what makes it super, super crispy. >> people are using those more and more, aren't they? >> they're the japanese style bread crumbs and they're really dry. they go super crispy. so when you're doing something like a crab cake and you want that crunch -- >> keeps it all together, too, so nicely. >> then

. >> now add lemon juice. just the juice of half a lemon.sley. >> that's it basically. >> do you let that cook for a little bit? >> make sure it's hot before you mix your pasta. one pound of spaghetti already cooked. stir that around in the pan. pour that onto a servi plan and you have i think a spectacular spaghetti with mussels. >> doesn't seem too difficult. could you use any type of pasta? >> linguine, whatever you like. i want to show you a way to eat the mussels, very cute. you have the hinged mussel shell. take this and pick out with your fingers like that and eat the mussel. >> that's cute. >> that's your little fork. >> cute. >> very nice. that's your very simple ten-minute at the most pasta, except the pasta may take 12 minutes to cook. >> this looks fancier. >> sliced tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes. you keep layering with salt, pepper, olive oil. all these ingredients. you can layer the tomatoes if you like. this is called tm. >> going right over the top. >> this is provincial dish. it's one of the most tasty dishes. put it in the o

a little bit of fresh lemon juice. a little sea salt and a little bit of olive oil.ould you do that for me? >> sure. >> take a tomato, core it here. >> how hard to core one. >> if you're comfortable with your knife skills, do what i do, if not cut off the top and do it with your fingers. cut off the bottom so it's straight. take the fava puree, yellow split pea, add it there. crumbled feta, chopped onion. okay? a little micro greens on top. >> nice, healthy look to it. >> once we're done, fresh yogurt sauce, drizzle like this, stuffed tomatoes, great oppose advertiser, two per person or if you have time make small ones. >> can you use that as a dip? >> yes. basically we'll go back and talk about that. two cheeses that are popular. this is a firm, almost feta like made from sheep's whey. you can grill it. the smoke brings out the natural saltyness in the cheese. once you grill it, split pea puree, take them and dip it in. cheese used a lot. the difference with this cheese, more fatty. when you melt it, you don't get nice grill marks like you would on this cheese. nice

go. >> i have granola cookies, granola chocolate peanut butter cookies, perfect lemon pudding, lemon juicecal news. >>> good morning to you. it is 9:56 now. i'm marla tellez. this morning federal investigators are investigating whether beef from sick cows reached the human food supply. the central valley meat company is under fire after secret video surfaced appearing to show sick cows being shocked and shot before slaughter. the meat company in fresno is shut down during this investigation. and fast food company in and out burger has cut all ties to the company in the wake of this investigation. >>> okay. let's turn things over to meteorologist christina loren for a look at today's forecast. good morning. >> hey, good morning, marla. good morning to you at home. still tracking the fog in san francisco. we still have those flight delays, but i'm happy to report this thick cloud layer is starting to thin out. as we head through the next two hours, i believe the sun will break through those clouds over san francisco. this is san jose. lots of sunshine coming in. how about a high of 77 degree

go. >> i have granola cookies, granola chocolate peanut butter cookies, perfect lemon pudding, lemon juice> first your local news. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >>> good morning, everyone. it's 9:57 on this wednesday, august 22nd. making headlines, the ntsb is investigating a train derailment that killed two 19 year olds in ellicott city, maryland. >>> lawyers for george huguely will try to get him a new trial. >>> the search continues for one of the suspects that ended in a chase that left a police officer dead. >>> here's tom kierein with the weather. >> beautiful summer morning under way. temperatures as we approach 10

. >> some lemon juice, salt and a little olive oil. >> we've got a fire. >> we don't, i'm kidding. >>u've been around here quite a bit. i'm learning from the best. >> fabulous. >> one kind of caught fire here but that's okay. how long does fresh corn season generally last? >> we have until mid september, maybe even a little bit longer. >> mark, always good. up next, how you can help your college kids organize their cramped dorm rooms. first this is "today" on nbc. praef this morning on "today's" classroom, dorm room basics. college students are heading back to campus trying to squeeze their belongings into 200 feet of living space. yes, it can be done. here to show us how, host of the syndicated show "house smarts." good morning. >> good morning. >> remember your dorm room? >> i do. they are smaller than we remember, even now. >> they are tiny. often they not only have one but two. >> a single. we've got one heading off to college ourself. the average size. you said 200 square feet. the average is actually a 10 x 12 room with two people. >> so you've got to learn to make parts of the

all you do with strawberries, for a dessert, take a little bit of sugar, a little bit of lemon juicece. >> i love that. because it's not too sweet but has a great flavor to it. >> i hate too sweet. you had a huge meal and eat something so sweet, it doesn't sit right. light is the way to go for dessert. >> where do your inspirations come from? where do you come up with these things? >> three sources. eating other people's food, especially -- >> i'm really good at that. >> the best though, is authentic food. that's street food. in people's homes. restaurants are great. you can go to to restaurants but that food is already inspired. i like to take inspiration from base foods, read a lot and tv. i never thought of that. why not? let's try that. >> is there one person on tv that you love? >> oh, god. >> besides you two? >> good answer. we'll let you go with that one. julia child and emeril because he put us on the map >> if you could have a meal with anybody, who would it be? and don't say us. >> you know what, i never got to meet james beard. james beard set up american cuisine in this c

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put in the red wine vin bar and the lemon juice, it will be super perky. >> in the kitchen. >> sault.sport. >>> get who's back. sara's back. today she takes us home with her to iowa where corn is big business as sara hit the fields to tackle the most popular summer jobs in the air yachl by the way, hi. >> i missed you. >> i missed you too. so i went to iowa while we were gone. >> of course, you did sniet was my first summer job as a teen. it's called deas theling. pulling tassels off the stalk and it's highly coveted among children of the corn. welcome to another day of deas the ling. it's 4:00 a.m. in iowa but these kids aren't headed to school. why are you on the back of the bus? >> it's a cool place to sit. >> they're headed to their summer day's job as corn detassel detasselers. they sworm cornfields and pull the tassels off select plants. the pay starts at minimum wage for most. >> you won't want corn on the job until do you this job every day. >> i know about it all too well except i'm having trouble remembering exactly how it's done. we're in a cornfield. this is christine. she

if you don't mind a little whooi white wine, a little lemon juice.here it comes. what we start with is an egg white around the sides, so it sticks. get our nutella. >> love. >> right there. >> i always have to do more than they tell me. they say a tablespoon. do i two. you know, they call me mrs. more, because i always have to do more. so then we cut it so that the ravioli has a nice design and we put it in the saute pan with oil. these have been frying. >> now, do they float like other raviolis. >> you know, it's really like a minute on each side, al. >> did you dust them with a little powdered sugar over here. >> we do. we dusted them with powdered sugar. we'll do that now. >> don't jump the gun. >> what's this, mom? >> and, of course, it's marscapone cheese we use with sugar, vanilla, a dip. >> eat this whole bowl of nutella. >> you add some hazelnut, by the way. >> are you okay? >> uh-huh. >> yeah. >> i don't want to double dip. >> double dip. we're all family. >> watch out for the cocoa that i just inhaled. >> you've outdone yourself. >> recipes

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so put the lemons in the mike wave for 20 seconds. give them a 20 second nuke and the juicestart flowing. >> rick: really? >> yep. >> rick: great ideas. i would never have thought of the microwave. >> patti ann: i still get seeds. >> i know. that's extra fiber. >> rick: you guys like lemonade? very nice folks have come out to visit. from philadelphia, gentlemen, you want to take some lemon made? ma'am? here you go. the lighter one is the home made and the darker one -- hold on, hole on. takes me back to my table waiting days. here you go. we got one more. enjoy. what do y'all think? >> it's great. >> patti ann: you've got the natural. you've got the store bought. which one is better? >> rick: nice to be with you. >> patti ann: great to be with you. >> rick: thanks very much and thank you for joining us. >> patti ann: the fox report with heather childers starts now orgdoes your cauliflowernic have a big carbon footprint? not at all. that's great. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. uhh... mr. gallagher. incoming!!! hahaha! it's wasteful. you know jimmy. folks who

trade relationships like ethanol, orange juice, cotton and we can do the same with the government of argentina with respect to its market access priorities on lemon and beef if orge tina engages in a constructive dialogue. to conclude, we're at a pivotal point in our relationships because the economic forecasts are strong and the region is in a growth mode there is still ample opportunity for the united states to lead. but if we do not it is certain that our partners are looking elsewhere because latin america is not sitting still. >> thank you. mr. farnsworth. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good jamp it is a real privilege to be with you today. and while not necessarily the focus of this particular hearing i want to thank you upfront for your comments in the "washington post" in support of human rights and we join you and other members in mourning the untimely and tragic loss of the gentleman in cuba. as cuba illustrates challenges remain in the hemisphere. the good news is that long term trinds is positive. the region is coming into its own with an expanding middle class, democratic governments. economies have stabilized and strengthened. at the s

but then, you have the lemon leftovers. you can juice it so you get 2 uses out of it. >> they are the main ingredient for several of his specialty drinks on the menu, including a pink lemon margarita. but he's not alone in adding a little zest to his menu. over at rick's dessert diner in sacramento, you know right away this place is special. from the funky exterior to the gigantic cakes that greet u when you walk in, this place is a hit. >> well, we come about once a week, and it's just the freshest desserts. everything is so good here. we moved to sacramento about 2 years ago, and we saw the bright pink building, and we're like, "ok, we have to check that out." and since then, i've been completely hooked. like, have to come and get my fix. [laughs] >> we do desserts the original way, out of scratch, homemade style, and we ha the best ingredients, in our case. we don't compromise the price for the quality of desserts. and we have been number one for 22 years in a row. and the reason for that is the hard work and using the best ingredient