Mother’s Day; Foie Gras Wars; 40-Pound Cabbage; Goat Soup

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Think you should be able to cook like a chef at home? It may not be your cooking skills that need work. Some things that chefs take for granted but don't exist in your home.  Foie Gras is fatty goose liver. The practice of getting that liver fat drives animal-rights advocates wild. Why foie gras was banned in Chicago two years ago and what impact it had.  Mother's Day is tomorrow. Now is a good time to forgive her.  How food icon Ruth Reichl did that and found herself in the process.  Jonathan Gold is here and is so is Entourage actress and Italian food lover Debi Mazar.

Jonathan Gold digs into a bowl of goat meat soup.  Debi Mazar and Italian husband Gabriele Corcos make home cooking videos that are inspiring. Ruth Reichl of Gourmet Magazine shows us how to love your mom even though you turned out okay in spite of her. Ten year-old Katie Stagliano grew a 40 pound cabbage. Find out what she did with it.  Aussie chef Curtis Stone knows how people are really cooking at home and he tells all.  Foie gras or fatty goose liver caused an uproar and was banned in Chicago, according to writer Mark Caro.  And Kathleen Collins traces the history of the televised cooking show.  Plus Laura Avery checks in with farmers for the Market Report.

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Credits

Host:

Evan Kleiman

Producers:

Bob Carlson, Jennifer Ferro, Candace Moyer, Connie Alvarez, Holly Tarson, Harriet Ells