and in particular for food writing , mft fisher and patience was part of that revolution. >> and really, this project was about understanding who she was and how she came to write this monumental book that had a real impact and influence on food writers in the united states and the uk. when it was published, patients was seen as a kind of guru and a number of these two writers including alice waters made the long journey to the very tip of the sondheim peninsula to visit her. they sought her out, but by the time she died in 2005, the bbc described her as an almost forgotten culinary star my hope in this book was to reintroduce her to a contemporary audience. >> so john, we often read these biographies of people to sort of learn lessons and i'm wondering, what are the lessons welearn from richard nixon's life ? >>. >> the lesson he learned and most of what i'm going to talk about you can see on youtube. but those of you who are old enough who will remember him going into the east room of the white house on the day he resigned and standing there, respire, the only time he wore glasses dur