After attending cooking school, Amanda Haas freelanced and tested recipes before launching a website that focused on simple family cooking. All of that experience led to a job as a test-kitchen manager for Williams Sonoma, where she eventually oversaw the store’s test kitchen and culinary programs. Last year, she stepped …
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Open fires are the oldest cooking method in the world — but Francis Mallmann has taken them to new levels. Mallmann, who had an early start in French kitchens, has been honing the primal technique for two decades — and now cooks by open flame for the likes of Gwyneth …
Read More »Monroeville, Alabama — Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of the 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is not only nominated for nine Tony awards Sunday night — it also recently became the highest-grossing play in Broadway history. But in Monroeville, Alabama, another special stage version of Harper Lee’s novel just finished …
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Diane von Furstenberg has helped shape women’s fashion for more than four decades, but she’s also empowered women through philanthropy. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the DVF Awards, with honorees including Anita Hill, Iraqi Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, singer Katy Perry, social entrepreneur Hadeel Mustafa Anabtawi, and activist …
Read More »Over the years, 1944’s “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has been interpreted by more than a hundred singers. But now it’s being reinterpreted by listeners who are hearing more than just an innocently flirtatious Christmas song, reports CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas. Critics say the lyrics describe a date rape scenario. …
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Jodi Picoult is known for tackling tough topics and her latest, “A Spark Of Light,” is no different. The best-selling author’s newest book follows a diverse group of people over the course of one day during a deadly shooting at a Mississippi abortion clinic. Picoult told “CBS This Morning” she …
Read More »After more than a dozen No. 1 country hits, Dierks Bentley decided it was time to go back to his roots. The country music star spoke to CBS News’ Jan Crawford about how he found inspiration far from Nashville for his just-released ninth studio album, “The Mountain.” In 2003, Bentley’s …
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CNN anchor and correspondent Jake Tapper is known for his hard-nosed interviews that seek to get at the truth of our contentious times. But now in his new novel, Tapper turns his attention to another fractious period in U.S. history. In “The Hellfire Club,” a political thriller set in 1950s …
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