some of the science behind our food or why do we need to know this, i give them the example of vincent van gogh, who to understand--his medium was paints and canvas and brushes. he wanted to express his ideas through his medium of paints and painting, a very creative process. in order to do that, he created his own paints, he made his own canvases, he created his own brushes. he said if he could have bought the stuff himself he would have been even happier, but that's whatt's all about is really understanding the medium, and if you understand the medium, you can better express your ideas through it. >> sales at the stand are pretty brisk, and whatever doesn't sell is donated to local food banks. meanwhile back at the institute, classes start around 8:00, and karl diehn, now in his traditional chef's uniform, is cooking some of those squash blossoms he harvested about two hours ago, using them in a mussel and prawn dish. the meal is visually stunning and will be served at the institute's wine spectator greystone restaurant. >> it takes a tremendous amount of energy and strength, not just physica

he wrote about vincent van gogh and he wrote about all these great historic figures including clarence darrow. but sometimes it's a great graphical novelist and a great novelistic louder for, stone, and one of the things i try to do in my book respectfully of irving stone is point out the places where he made it up because he didn't really know. no, no i mean the other handicap that stone had was he was working with the cooperation of dodaro family so whenever he tried to get into the question of mr. says or was he really guilty of bribing a jury in los angeles, the family would push back so his hands were tied. times were different then. you just didn't go into the detail of the persons personal life in the way today's biographers do. that all said, the reason i did the book about clarence darrow was when i was 12-year-old someone gave me a copy of irving stone's clarence darrow to the defense. i know i was 12 years old because it impressed me so much that i printed my name and the date inside the cover. i still have the vote. i have carried it with me for longer years than i care to