we're at cafe demel, once the sole supplier of pastries to the royal hapsburgs. here are a few tips on ordering coffee. schwarzer is black, brauner is brown with a little milk, and whipped cream is called schlag. and to order vienna's most famous pastry, well, all you have to say is "sachertorte," mit schlag, of course. woman: coffee was always very important in vienna's history. um, it was brought here. it was brought to vienna when the austrians were fighting against the turks in the 17th, uh, century. and when the turks went away again, what they left were coffee beans. nobody knew what to do with these coffee beans, but then somehow they found out that you can grind them and, um, mix them with hot water and so this, uh, coffee tradition developed in vienna. but turks did not invent schlag, did they? no, they didn't. ha ha! maxa, voice-over: by the 19th century, coffeehouses were the hub of the city's intellectual life, a place to read newspapers and meet with friends. some writers even spent entire days in their favorite cafe. viennese coffee is distinct. not

was selling coffee, i would have to pay an additional fee apart from what i have to pay to sell pastrieshis is with dph, not the department of real estate. i do not know about that. if there is some information that could be passed on to the food vendors, that would be good. some of these things seem sketchy. i would also like the department of real estate to lend an ear to what the issues are for some of the vendors, even some of the farmers. this meeting was short notice, so i am sure there are others who wanted to say something. mainly concerned with some of the things that i see the need to be addressed. if there are any questions for me, i would be glad to answer. supervisor maxwell: would you be willing to help with the cac? >> indeed. what ever i can help, i have made it known, i am willing to. alemany farmer's market is by far the best farmers market in the city. there are a lot of things in other markets, but in terms of oowhat the people want, what te people feel comfortable with, family issues, those kinds of aspects, i think this is the best in the city. what ever i can do t

emily is the best pastry chef in the country. she has a great, great book. should buy her book. >> happy birthday. >> thank you, thank you. >> happy birthday. >> jacques, jean-claude, thank you all for supporting and enjoying public broadcasting. >> yes. >> cheers. >> thank you to everybody and mark, did a great, great job here.

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the new law impacts everything from pastries to pot possession to parenting. >> reporter: it's a hot seller at the portuguese bakery, but after 30 years, the bakery is using margarine in stead of butter. a new law bans bakers from using trans fat. >> the taste is the same. >> reporter: also, anyone under 21 who wants to drive a motorcycle must complete a safety course. parents can be charged with a misdemeanor and face a $2,000 fine if their child misses too much school and if you impersonate someone online through fake social network pages, through texting or e-mails, that's a misdemeanor and could cost you jail time and $5,000 fine. >> i think that's great and it needs to be more than that. it's going to become a more serious issue. >> reporter: if you're caught up to an ounce of marijuana, you'll no longer face a misdemeanor. >> i think it's just irresponsible. for the government to be doing that. i really think it should be, there should be more consequences to having a controlled substance like that. more than a dozen new laws in california can change the way we live and yes, ev

few customers will come in and share a pastry. sometimes, they will only order 1 cup of coffee. >> the crisis is claiming a lot of a victim's. only the real professionals will survive, the ones who really love their work and respect to the customers. they are not hiking their prices. we give our customers only the very best. >> we first met this person in late april. he had just opened a delicatessen in a tourist neighborhood. even though the crisis was in full swing, he was optimistic that his business would survive. >> people might stopped by -- some people might stop buying clothes, but they will not stop buying food. >> he finally succeeded in getting approval from authorities, without even having to pay bribes. >> right now, there is not much money left over for corruption. people are afraid. the mood has changed. anyone who could pay bribes is nervous. from that point of view, the crisis has as the bandages. -- has its advantages. >> but tourist numbers have fallen. still, his optimism is unchanged. this woman has just had a

. >>> pastry chefs at a florida hotel banked a giant 12 foo long, eight foot tall gingerbread house. it's not a house, it's actually a high rise, complete with its owncircus. the sweet work of art will be on display in the hotel's lobby until the end of the year. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather chanl forecast. bill, good morning. >> lynn, when does spring begn? >> no kidding. it can't come soon nough, bill, because winter els ke it's been going on for about a month. >> this is a crazy december, lynn. i really hope that we don't keep this weather pattern. this is brutally cold this morning. the cold blast continues. this is literally the coldest it's going to be for a while. from florida upto minnesota, this is about as chilly ast gets. temperatures now in orlando, 31 degrees. more on that in a second. 16 in atlanta. minneapolis is at minus 4. we're watching the crops in florida this morning. temperatures are supposed to drop down to the 20s. now we're below freezing. we think it should go down to about 2

doesn't hurt that waiters roam the room with seductive trays filled with 40 different kinds of cakes, pastries, and ice cream, all homemade, of course. maxa: so this is plum? waitress: plum, yes, that's right. apple. and, uh... [speaking german] [speaking german] woman: have to get the mozart. ok, so we need one mozart. waitress: ok. ok. maxa, voice-over: this is the perfect spot to just relax and chat... and take in salzburg's ambience. my favorite hotel, the alstadt radisson, rests comfortably in the middle of the city's best sites. located in a building that dates to 1377, the hotel has a great combination of historic pedigree and modern convenience. and a bountiful breakfast buffet gears us up for more sights. salzburg was birthplace of wolfgang amadeus mozart, a fact you can't possibly miss while visiting here. everything from music halls to city squares to chocolate candies are named for the musical genius. visitors flock to mozart's birthplace to see where the young wolfgang lived for the first 17 years of his life. mozart's father recognized his son's extraordinary talent even at a ver

. >>> and pastry chefs at a florida hotel baked a giant 12-foot-long, 8-foot-fall gingerbread house. well, it's not really a house. it's actually a high rise, complete with its own circus. the sweet work of art will be on display in the hotel's lobby until the end of the year. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins hoop been very busy tracking your weather forecast. >> busy, but no time to do anything like that. i'd build you a gingerbread house. >> i'm just trying to get my christmas cookies done. a 12-foot gingerbread house is not happening. >> we showed you horrible pictures of flooding in the pacific northwest. then all the arctic air in the east, and the problem this morning down here in florida, a lot of our citrus comes from florida. especially this time of the year, and they're at 21, windchill in orlando. miami a windchill of 28. you don't see it that often. a lot of damage to the agriculture in florida. as far as looking in the west a huge storm system coming up into british columbia bringing in gulfy winds, high elev

all those baked goods from breads to pastries made locally can no longer have artery-clogging trans fatlastly lawmakers went after some internet users. it will be a misdemeanorer to impersonate someone on the internet. >> remnantstivity storm system sticking around, high winds and rains in the bay area. >> the winds may be a bigger factor. still showers especially in the south bay. so we will be talking about the rainfall totals which really were impressive yesterday but right now the golden gate bridge is quiet. pretty windy here in the north bay. live doppler 7 hd. we do have some showers dotting the landscape but for the most part down here in the south bay from san jose pulling out into morgan hill, also around los gatos. so definitely that wet paste, those very breezy winds so be careful, we will look for the gusty winds to stick around all morning long. in fact, the temperatures will be dropping from where we are right now. look at these low to mid-50s. not looking too bad but these are actually your high temperatures for the day. 56 mountain view, 45 san jose where 49 santa rosa.

. >>> and pastry chefs at a florida hotel baked a giant 12-foot-long, 8-foot-tall gingerbred house, it's not a house but a high-rise complete with its own circus. it will be on display until the end of the year. for a look at your national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the forecast. good morning. >> you can't see it but i have a space heater down below me and toasting myself. >> did you wake up and your apartment looks like a little icicle? you're luckier than that guy, bill. don't complain. >> i will. you know i will. let's talk about this. there's no escaping. i lived in central florida for knife years and went through a couple of freezes but nothing like what they're dealing with down there this morning. this cold blast, the center is now all the way -- you can draw a line from minneapolis down into the southeast where the heart of this cold air is. you can see it. they call it a tongue of cold air coming down from canada. if you look at these colors it looks like a tongue sticking out of a mouth and that's where all the cold air is filtering down to the south.

bo inspired the white house pastry chef who put a replica of the dog outside a huge gingerbread whitese covered in white chock las. yum. bo is also the subject of a whimsical sculpture. 39,000 pipe cleaners are twisted and looped to make his curly coat. the rest of the decorations are more traditional with christmas trees in almost every room. it took 97 volunteers to get that job done. in our household it takes about four people. >>> "nightly news" is up next. people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your savings can earn three times the national average!! three times the national average!!! new school banking at capital one bank. with interest plus savings, go to capitalone.com!!!!! what's in your wallet? somebody help me down.

is there a staggered fee in the folks that sell pastries and coffee? >> i am sure there is not. we allow the markets to determine that. we took their bids. what they thought they could pay, to be the fees that they paid. we did not do any standardization. supervisor maxwell: and you based that on what you all thought was best. is that what is happening in other markets, is that just what san francisco does? >> we work closely with the rec and park department in many of their offerings. this is a constant challenge, rate setting. i think we share the velocity of allowing the market to speak. the intent was to create a market floor that we thought was reasonable, and then individual vendors could decide, i could bit more than that because this is my anticipated share of the market. it was always set as a floor. i think maybe what the director is getting at is maybe there is a possibility for a tiered system that would recognize the difference of what they are selling, the likely profit margins they may have. i think we can move to that system in 2011 in our next bid call. supervis

the pastries always tastes better when you double park.r on chestnut street it's a double parkers paradise. that's why cars unattended but the drivers. a few minutes later she rents were car with a mouth full of candy missing out on the $80 double parking fine. this bukhara's double parterres the driver having a casual conversation while blocking traffic. there is going to his car after leaving apple store. double parking has become the norm in san francisco. and what your thinking? there's not enough parking site have to. but we show you this. this is a parking space it's been available in chestnut street the entire time i was taping. while looks like loading zone it's not. after 1:00 p.m. monday through friday anyone to park there. you just have to redesign. in san francisco, stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> if you have a common story idea for stanley e- mail us at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m i cringe caught on camera take a look of the different texas security camera catches a man walking up to a door and picking up packages just deli

. >> i'll be here at 5:00 to make hot chocolate, then pick up the pastries, and then i'll go to the event. >> reporter: meanwhile his staff at psrt prepares for tonight's private gathering. >> tonight we have a small holiday party as well. we have some tri-trip trifles, holiday bars. >> reporter: books were slow for the san jose caters until recently. >> yeah, we're busy through next weekend. our final event is at city hall next saturday. but between now and then, we're just locked and loaded. >> reporter: psrt says most of their parties are small, not the big corporate bashes that once peppered the silicon valley. a nationwide survey shows 79% of companies will throw a party this year, the worst number in two decades. companies say it doesn't feel right to throw extravagant parties when an increasing number of people are forced to rely on the nation's food pantries just to get by. >> you trod go? >> reporter: some companies in the silicon valley are actually asking psrt to roll out its catering trucks. they're now holding holiday parties in particular. but the caterers say there are sign

caretakers of the pandas have already been feeding them the local food including pastries and bamboo. the combined names of the couple mean happiness in chinese and were chosen through a naming contest in macau. >>> hello again. time for another world weather update let's go into eastern asia, see what's going on. well, it's going to be a very pleasant weekend for many of you across the continent. strong high pressure in place here across indochina, china, up into mongolia as well as the korean peninsula. and temperatures on the rebound as well as having lots of nice, sunny spells. where it's going to be a little bit different is japan. and we've got this low pressure system here. it's starting to pull away. but we still see a lot of snow and very strong wind into the weekend. on saturday night, blizzard conditions are expected in parts of northern honshu and hokkaido. sunday should be better. we are going to see some light snow moving across mongolia. it is going to be quite light. can't quite see it here, but it shouldn't be too cold because the southerly winds will keep coming up.

she's the general manager an the executive pastry chef and she's made some cup cakes for us. so you started to mix them up. what did you put in. >> butter sugar, eggs, rum, all the dry ingredients and nice and spicy. >> reporter: i can smell the rum. and you have eggnog in there, too. >> yes. the eggnog instead of buttermilk makes it nice and rich. >> reporter: by the way, i need to tell you the recipe will be on our website at wusa9.com. oh, and look at what you two. see, she uses an ice cream scoop to get the batter out. how long do you let it bake and at what time. >> 350 for 18 minutes. >> reporter: that's all? >> yes. >> reporter: and we have some you baked this morning. and they smell so good. >> thank you very much. this is an eggnog butter cream we made. we do powder sugar, eggnog and spices. nice and rich. >> reporter: you want to visit the red velvet reston town center. they use the freshest best ingredients, madagascar, vanilla. we will come out and visit you and look at the finished product. doesn't that look nice? come back at 5:00. i like this. >> thank you. >>

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pastries taste better on chestnut street its double parkers paradise this white card is unattended. a few minutes later assurance server car with a mouth full of candy. this blue car is double parked here's a driver having that conversation, blocking traffic appeared he strolled into the car after strolling to the apple cart. i know you're thinking there's not enough parking so you have to. this is a parking space. it's been available the entire time i was taping. well it looks like a loading zone it is not. after 1:00 p.m. monday through friday anyone compart there. you just after read the signs appeared in san francisco still robert kron 4 news. >> we will be back with more couple of minutes a live look for mount tam camera we have not seen this one yet. because visibility is horrible. sock it right now we will be right back. ♪ ♪ you can find your feet and you can find your way ♪ ♪ you can find yourself in bed at the end of the day ♪ ♪ you can find some fun on a tropical isthmus ♪ ♪but you'll never find my... ♪ you can find it in your heart to be patient with me ♪ ♪ you can find a

pastries always tastes better when you're illegally parked.nd over rochester it's a double parkers paradise. a few minutes later, she runs to her car with aim mouthful of can be missing out on the dollar double parking fine. this car here is double part this is the driver having a casual conversation well have been a casual conversation. double parking has become the norm in san francisco, you're thinking there's not enough parking so you just have to. so let me assure you this this is a parking space, this has been available the entire time that i was talking. well looks like a loading zone, it is not because monday through friday between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. you can park there. you just have to read the sign. it said francisco stanley roberts kron4 news. >> the skating rink temperatures in the mid-50s there is hard to find any such light in the bay area today. late now city hall could is eliminated in redding referred all holidays. so far so good for the visibility. in 56 in alameda, san francisco and that but. we have dry weather i. we h

. >> tonight's half time report is sponsored by pie, the thick pastry that contains filling the say voaring ingregients. thanks, pie. >>> welcome back. let's find out if we have gotten anything wrong so far. what's the word? >> according to the gospel of john, the word was with god and the word was god. christians considered jesus the word while many around the world believed the bird is the word, greg. >> the trash men? >> excuse me? >> the trash men. everybody has heard about the bird. >> i am not familiar with them, greg. >> i hate him. a woman sues mcdonalds over happy meals because nothing says i love you like suing over mcdonalds happy meals. jeddidiah, we let the government make the choice. thanks to this administration and others like it, i agree unfortunately. >> the buck stops here. >> it stops there? >> the government should have to deal with him as far as i'm concerned. and then stop all this nonsense. >> men shouldn't be blindly adhering to their kids' wishes. they do that for their lives. >> sexual favors. >> the mayor people nod and the simple people go, sad, sad. married peo

. >> reporter: trained pastry chefs jessica enriquez will be staying after the holiday rush. >> i thought it would take years to get this kind of a quality place, and i'm just very happy. >> reporter: a job is a precious thing. >> yes, it is. it makes me feel very proud of myself actually. >> reporter: in the last three years, the recession has cost americans 8 million small business $2 trillion in lost profits and employees millions of lost jobs. next year looks to be different. >> hopefully it means that we will be creating new jobs in the near future. >> reporter: and get this, the confidence index two largest gains were in pro projected spending for business. that is one big apple. >>> and the positive consumer confidence news sent stocks higher today. wall street surged early but that surge dropped after reports that the economy remained slow. the dow gained almost 48 points. the nasdaq was also higher adding almost three points. >>> what this new arrival in the bay area means means for the new eastern span. >>> and the vote is in on bringing the america's cup to san francisco. what

tons and measured 13 feet in length, had to be carried on a horse-drawn cart and took more than 80 pastryers and chefs to put towing. the first piece was cut using a four foot long silver plated knife. some legends of blue grass music will take the stage at the fillmoore. the musics are connected by the music of jerry garcia. here's don sanchez. >> reporter: that is a member of the blue grass hall of fame. he was on the grand ol' opry for 41 years, still playing at age 8 and has recently released a c.d. of jerriy garcia music. peter, who played blue grass with garcia 40 years ago. gars -- garcia brought them all together again. >> go out and do the grateful dead songs and the reaction is amazing. never had it when i played blue grass and country music. 55 years. >> with his brother, jim, now his grandson with him, a fifth generation. >> he calls garcia's music sincere, he also does doors. >> it was the combination of blues and the beat that got himishing it's hard to play jo -- play and you still think you're learning. at it not like you can't hold other note and let the electricity do it

it's a traditional french pastry made of puff pastry and cream.cally. we can use reserve, and scoop out all the stuff. then take this if you'd like. do you want to smash one up? squeeze it by hand. the twinkie reconstitutes into dough very quickly. >> lots of magic cal things. >> once it's formed into nice balls, roll it out really thinly. you want to roll it to about this thickness, about 2 or 3 millimeters simultaneously. we want to add krung and crackle to it. a great way to do that is the smash. we take the potato chips and smash it. there you go. you can smash it. >> how did you come up with this? >> i've always been fascinated with junk food. i was never allowed to eat it when i was little. >> thanks, mom. this is a crumb bled potato chi. we layer the twinkie dough with it. it's delicious. we cut them into these uniform pieces, and then carefully you want to layer them on top of each other. what that creates is kind of the same layering effect it would ha have. then cover it with a little bit of twinkie cream. that's the final piece. >> hoda

when you're baking pie crusts and cookies use half whole wheat flour and half pastry flour to add 12f fiber. for cheesecakes use part-skim ricotta instead of cream cheese. for cookies and baked goods use pumpkin puree instead of oil to save 900 calories for every half cup of oil. >> you like the idea of smaller plate spms people eat what's on their plates especially in the holidays. >> give me a big plate, i will fill it up. >> 7 to 9-inch plates are better. also when people serve themselves they eat 56% more when they serve themselves out of a gallon dish versus a half gallon. be nice. use smaller serving bowls and smaller flaglasses as well. >> great information. just ahead, michael j. fox, jenna's first teen idol. first, these messages. to the big apple twice as fast! dinner! [ garth ] we get double miles every time we use our card. and since double miles add up fast, we can bring the whole gang! it's hard to beat double miles! i want a maze, a sword, a... oww! [ male announcer ] get the venture card from capital one and earn double miles on every purchase, every day. go to capita

during the fresh black truffle season and wrapped in spinach and wrapped in a golden sort of puff pastry and it is a simple dish but to me it's a sample of a dish i created and i never touch it again. >> is it a sophistication for people who enjoy food and people who are very good at preparing food to appreciate trough els? >> oh, yes,. >> that's an element of sophistication in terms of preparation. >> not only that but truffle has not yet been domesticated to be able to grow it every day, all year long. so it's very rare. it is difficult to find. depends so much on the weather. and every year it does, it's like the stock market. it just keeps moving. >> this are some ideas as part of the current conversation. i want you to tell me that it is true. that french cuisine no longer has this sort of exalt-- exalted place, i'm asking you. >> this. >> this is a man who was born in leon. >> and i'm very proud to be french and i'm still very proud to be able to master french cuisine but i think french cuisine is the foundation of all key seen. and they-- cuisine, there wouldn't be great cuisine i

pastries always tastes better when you double parts. and over on chesnutt, it's a double parkers. does this winter's and attended well the drivers over here. the few minutes later she runs your car with a mouth full of candy. this blue cars double parked here's the driver having a casual conversation of walk-in traffic. area's strolling to his car after the minneapolis star. noon has become a norm incidences' group. i know to thinking there's not enough parking so you have to do. see this, this is a parking space is been available the entire time i was taking this is not a loading zone. because after 1:00 p.m. monday- friday anyone can park their you just have to redesign. san francisco, stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> if you have a story idea or comment for stanley let him know, send him an e- mail. after some companies scrapped parties because of tough economic times office parties are making a comeback while it's meant to be fun and relaxing is still important to remember how you behave could make or break your opportunities for the year to come. >> the recession territory holi

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. >> myself and my passry chef, very russ stick, you take a whole honey crisp apple and goes in a pastryw beautiful and pillowy soft, right? we'll take this chicken here, slice. >> excellent. >> we'll do, this let's go to dessert while you are doing that. >> the only thing -- >> we'll put those on there. >> all right i'll do that. >> dessert, got about a minute left. >> our honey crisp apple here we'll season inside with the cinnamon sugar. >> uh-huh. >> hi. >> hello, how are you? >> we're going to sample. >> we heard the key word dessert. >> passry around the apple like so then krink it. >> get your fork ready. >> how long do you leave this in the oven? >> about 15 to 20 minutes. >> okay. all right. >> while you are doing that i'm going to put the total up right now to see how you did today. take a look. put it up on the screen. let's look. there it is. total $38.84. >> ooh, i made it! >> there you go, you didn't quite make the top four there. >> fair enough. >> you can find all these recipes, of course on our website cbs news.com/saturday all in lower case. cream on this, as well. >> y

pastries always taste better when you're double parked.he cars unattended one of drivers is sweet dish. she walks out with a mouth full of candy missing out on the $80 double parking fine. the driver is having a conversation will blocking traffic appeared. stroll into his car after leaving the apple store double parking is the norm i know you're thinking there's not enough parking they have to. i'm sure you the spirit this is a parking space it's been available the entire time i was taping. looks like a london so it's not. after 1:00 p.m. monday through friday anyone can park this. you just after read the sign. is there for a cisco stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> that's it for us was the tonight at 4. you know what research looks like? take a look around me. the research at st. jude children's research hospital helps save kids with brain tumors, sickle cell, and leukemia across america. and no family is ever turned away because they can't pay. you know what i'm building? thanks to st. jude, i'd say 'a future.' is that right? yeah! give tha

i notice this morning there have been three recalls involving alfalfa sprouts, pastries from wholefoods. if fully implemented, how would this bill have avoided those recalls? guest: the caller is right, this bill takes a great step forward, but is certainly not perfect. inspecting facilities once every three years is woefully inadequate. it is more adequate and once every 10 years, but not getting us all the way there. as the caller mentioned by the usda is under a completely different from work. they have inspectors in facilities all day. it is continuous inspection. that is something that the fda does not have. the caller makes a great point, this bill is not going to solve the food safety problems. it is a problem that needs to be seen as a stepping stone. one of my colleagues called it an unfinished play plot. it is not perfect -- an unfinished clay pot. it is not perfect and there are a lot of things need to be done. many consumers do not know that there is no such thing as a mandatory recall under the current system. except for one camacho -- commodity, baby formula. not infant fo

. >> if you don't have the pastry bags, use a zip loc bag and cut the tip off. >> this is lemon kurd.aspberry. none of this is rocket science. this is easy. >> you make me feel so good and calm inside. >> now more exotic. >> i'm a new england girl. i like oysters. these are the cold waters off massachusetts. a made a little sauce for it. >> how you have this displayed four your guests? >> this is salt and water. >> so you make a paste there and display it. >> cheers. >> cheers my friend. happy, happy. right? >> can you be my best friend? >> done. it's done. is that inappropriate? >> no. >> all right. i just had a moment there. thank you so much. merry christmas. coming up, the little girl with a big voice and a special holiday performance by a 10-year-old prodigy. >>> coming up, ambush makeovers for lucky ladies in the crowd and a performance from our 10-year-old sensation. >> cheers, everybody. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> the finest in the business. >> thank you. >> first, a check of your local news. >>> good morning take a live look at christmas in the park. the sun is s