This week on "Sunday Morning" (November 18)
Jane Pauley hosts our annual holiday broadcast devoted to all things epicurean. Check our our show's menu!
- Furniture provided by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
- Table settings provided by Sur La Table
(And don't forget to check out our index of recipes and delicious menu suggestions from top chefs, cookbook authors, food bloggers, celebrity cooks, and the editors of Delish.com, including dishes featured on the show.)
COVER STORY: Bowled over for breakfast | Watch Video
What happened when food blogger Wil Fulton tried an experiment of eating nothing but breakfast cereal for a week – 82 consecutive bowls? Susan Spencer talks with Fulton about his serial dining on cereal. She also talks with Yale University's Paul Freedman about the history of breakfasts; Dana McNabb, of General Mills, who is bowled over by new varieties of cereal; and registered dietitian Wendy Lopez, who reveals her secret to breakfast smoothies.
For more info:
- Wil Fulton, Thrillist
- Paul Freedman, Yale University
- General Mills Cereals
- Wendy Lopez, Food Heaven Made Easy
PHOTOGRAPHY: Picture perfect: Nathan Myhrvold's eye-popping pictures of food | Watch Video
Former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold is a man of many talents, from geophysics and space physics to economics – and now, taking eye-popping portraits of food. To get his perfect pictures, which have been featured in art galleries and in a book, "The Photography of Modernist Cuisine," Myhrvold had to design robots to better capture food at the perfect moment. David Pogue reports.
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: High-tech photographer Nathan Myhrvold on the work of Harold Edgerton
Former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold, a man with many scientific credentials, has also developed a passion for technically-savvy photographs of food. In this web extra he talked with "Sunday Morning" contributor David Pogue about the work of another photographer celebrated for high-speed images, Harold Edgarton.
For more info:
- "The Photography of Modernist Cuisine" by Nathan Myhrvold (Cooking Lab), in Hardcover, available via Amazon
- nathanmyhrvold.com
- Modernist Cuisine Galleries
NUGGETS: Tater tots go gourmet | Watch Video
The humble tater tot, that staple of American casseroles and cafeterias, was created in the 1950s when a French fry company envisioned a way to use up all those potato scraps. Today, tater tots are even served in gourmet restaurants. Luke Burbank talks with food blogger Dan Whalen, author of a cookbook devoted to tater tots.
For more info:
- Dan Whalen's The Food in My Beard Blog
- "Tots!: 50 Tot-ally Awesome Recipes from Totchos to Sweet Po-tot-o Pie" by Dan Whalen (Workman), in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon
- Manresa, Los Gatos, Calif.
- American Retro Bar & Grill, New York City
CONDIMENTS: The craving for hot sauces is heating up | Watch Video
Hot sauce sales are increasing faster than any other condiment. To get a taste of what people can't get enough of, the hugely popular web series "Hot Ones" features celebrities sampling some really hot foods, and at about 3 million views per episode, the series shows no signs of cooling off. But could correspondent Michelle Miller pass the hot sauce test? She decided to put her mouth where her mouth is.
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Michelle Miller sits in the "Hot Ones" hot seat
Many have tried to beat the heat on the hugely popular web series, "Hot Ones," in which celebrities are interviewed while eating excruciatingly-hot chicken wings. In this web extra, correspondent Michelle Miller sits in the hot seat herself opposite series host Sean Evans to test her mettle when it comes to tasting "the bomb."
For more info:
- "Hot Ones" at YouTube/First We Feast
- PuckerButt Pepper Company, Fort Mill, S.C.
BEVERAGES: SeltzerSparkling water is making a splash | Watch Video
The market for sparkling water is positively bubbling over. Serena Altschul reports.
For more info:
- "Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Drink" by Barry Joseph (Behrman House), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon
- Seltzertopia website
- Brooklyn Seltzer Boys
- Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain, Brooklyn
- "The Soda Fountain: Floats, Sundaes, Egg Creams & More - Stories and Flavors of an American Original" by Gia Giasullo (Ten Speed Press), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon
PLASTIC: The last straw? | Watch Video
Millions of plastic drinking straws end up as litter, often in the oceans, which is why this summer Seattle became the largest city in America to ban plastic straws in restaurants, to be replaced with compostable or paper options. Tony Dokoupil talks with anti-straw advocates fighting the preponderance of single-use plastic in a throwaway culture, and with representatives of the food service industry in search of alternatives that will be easy for consumers to swallow.
For more info:
ELIXIR: Balsamic vinegar, the "black gold" of Modena | Watch Video
It's called the "black gold" of Modena, the northern Italian city where balsamic vinegar has been produced for generations – and where some varieties take up to a hundred years to age. Seth Doane dives into the process of creating a product once used as a gift among nobility or as a wedding dowry, and is now a favorite of food connoisseurs the world over.
For more info:
- Manicaretti Importers
- "Autentico: Cooking Italian, the Authentic Way" by Rolando Beramendi (St. Martin's Griffin), in Hardcover and eBook format, available via Amazon
- Acetaia Leonardi, Balsamic Vinegard of Modena
PALATE: Tastemaker: Food designer Sarah Masoni's million-dollar palate | Watch Video
As the director of Product and Process Development at the Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center, Sarah Masoni uses her uniquely-qualified taste buds as a "food designer." Lee Cowan reports on someone with most exquisite taste (buds).
For more info:
- Sarah Masoni, Product and Process Development Director at Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center
- Salt & Straw Ice Cream, Portland, Ore.
SNACK: Pepperoni rolls, West Virginia's most popular snack | Watch Video
In the 1920s, a coal miner from Calabria, Italy who resettled in West Virginia coal country, opened the Country Club Bakery in Fairmont, and introduced the pepperoni roll, a portable meal that miners really dug into. Conor Knighton explains the pepperoni pride West Virginians have for their delicious, utilitarian snack.
For more info:
- "The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll" by Candace Nelson (West Virginia University Press), in Trade Paperback format, available via Amazon
- Country Club Bakery, Fairmont, West Virginia
SUNDAY PROFILE: In the kitchen with Chrissy Teigen | Watch Video
Rita Braver goes into the kitchen with social media star and bestselling cookbook author Chrissy Teigen, and her husband, music superstar John Legend.
RECIPE: Chrissy Teigen's Asian Pear & Avocado Salad
For more info:
- Follow @ChrissyTeigen on Twitter and Instagram
- Chrissy Teigen designs (revolve.com)
- "Cravings: Hungry for More" by Chrissy Teigen and Adeena Sussman (Clarkson Potter), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon
- johnlegend.com
SERVERS: Pizza by the deaf | Watch Video
Mozzeria is ranked among the top pizza places in San Francisco, and is one of the first to be entirely owned and operated by people who are deaf. Tracy Smith reports.
For more info:
- Mozzeria, San Francisco
- Communication Service for the Deaf
- Paolo Lucchesi, Food Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
CUISINE: The Sioux Chef | Watch Video
Chef Sean Sherman, who belongs to the Oglala Lakota tribe, spent a couple of decades cooking in fancy kitchens around Minneapolis before deciding to apply what he knew to native foods. He is on a mission to celebrate and showcase native cuisine with "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen," which won this year's James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook. Martha Teichner reports.
For more info:
- The Sioux Chef
- "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen" by Sean Sherman with Beth Dooley (University of Minnesota Press), available via Amazon
BEVERAGES: Irish Coffee, at a San Francisco institution | Watch Video
The Buena Vista Café, which opened in 1916, is a San Francisco institution. And for more than 40 years, bartender Paul Nolan has been making the same drink that made the Buena Vista famous: the Irish Coffee. He demonstrated for John Blackstone the mixture of coffee, Irish whiskey and heavy cream that has kept locals and tourists coming back again and again.
For more info:
- Buena Vista Café, San Francisco
COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan on a favorite topic - Food | Watch Video
Seventy percent of Americans are overweight. Commentator Jim Gaffigan suggests that, really, 30 percent of Americans are just lagging behind the rest of the country.
For more info:
- jimgaffigan.com
- Follow @JimGaffigan on Twitter
NATURE: Wild turkeys | Watch Extended Video
"Sunday Morning" takes viewers to California's Marin County. Videographer: Lee McEachern.
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