he met the queen of southern cuisine, paula deen is in our studio. you'll love paula's style, her humor, but you might be surprised by her powerful and amazing story. imagine an all-time country music great, george jones, is here. he will be playing one of his classic songs, and a brand-new one and never released before, but you'll hear it here tonight. what a great show we have. take you for joining us. [ applause ] >> mike: i'm sad to report today the death of a good friend to all of us. journalism. once esteemed for the state of our nation and the protector of our freedoms and the watchdog of our rights, has passed away after a long struggle with a crippling and debilitating disease of acute dishonesty aggravated by advanced laziness and the loss of brain function. journalism must credit patrolled our society and sought to tell us the stories that inform and sometimes inspired us. journalism also presented the news that would irritate us, and irritation wasn't over the delivery but the content as corruption and misdeeds were revealed. in recent yea

the one and only paula deen.ss enjoy their meals even more. in "paula deen's cookbook for the lunch box set" is filled with great ideas. she's here with two helpers, william and jackie. good morning, everyone. nice to see you. >> aren't these children beautiful? >> and i understand they're accomplished cooks. >> you know, this weekend at home, matt, they both prepared the recipe that they were going to do this morning because they wanted to make sure they knew exactly what they were doing. >> all right, so william's going to be doing the main course and jackie's going to be doing dessert. >> he's doing the entree. jackie is doing a buncake and william is doing the entre, a beef casserole. >> before the recipe i want to read your tips for children in the kitchen. always have adult supervision. cut away from yourself. we don't want any accidents. wash your hands before starting. use oven mitts for ovens and pots and have the pots and ingredients lined up first. >> right. and always cut -- if mommy feels like you're

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if you love cooking, my gosh, the new paula deen is there with her new book.vents we go to, don't have the opportunity to see people, we see them via artificial, you know -- through the screen. our ipods or whatever. they are human. carbon based and you can walk up and tell them i love your book or hit them with the book and tell them i hate it. no, don't that. >> you were saying there are tents for your mystery lovers and for -- absolutely. if you are a mystery and thriller lover, that's your tent. children, another tent. teens, poetry. and this has been -- many years duration. founded by laura bush who was, of course, librarian. the obamas have been so wonderful. continue thing tradition. and it is -- it is free. it is a people's event. >> wonderful. before we go, who do you want to so? who will you get an autograph from? >> i don't have the time. i don't have the time. i can't tell because i -- i don't know. i will be too busy working. but i did -- i did meet the poet laureate a few years ago and may have been my finest moment. >> carmen, thank you so much

paula deen's boys are w@ >>> you will never have more fun in your kitchen than if you have jamie and bby deen in it. and you can. you can have them in the cookbook, "take it easy." all the recipes in this book can be done in 30 minutes or less. >> yep. >> and they're good tasting food. it's not like throw it in, warm it up and serve it. let's get to the demo. >> minimacaroni buys here. we have butter cracker. going to mix in cheese. and more butter, just because we love butter. >> butter's not a bad thing. >> butter's not bad. no. we give this a mix. it takes a minute. this is what it looks like. we press it in. and the macaroni mix -- >> it becomes a cheesy, crumb thing. >> and more butter. sour cream. >> not a lot of butter. not a lot of sour cream. >> it could be. >> you've got this audience like salivating. >> a little bit of salt. >> anytime you say macaroni and cheese. >> my brother does that to audiences. >> you can use a smaller one. the kids love the smaller one. this is more of an adult thing. the crumbs pressed in. >> mash it in with your fingers. and scoop in the mac right