This week on "Sunday Morning": The Food Issue (November 19)

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Jane Pauley hosts our annual holiday broadcast exploring all things epicurean!

       
COVER STORY: The tastemakers: Influencers and food labs behind trends for foodies
David Pogue reports. 

For more info:

• NielsenIQ
• Mattson, Foster City, Calif.
• Leo Burnett Worldwide advertising agency

     
MEAT: Hot Stuff BBQ
Lee Cowan reports. 

BREAD: The flatbread central to culinary life in Sardinia
In Italy, pane carasau (a crunchy flatbread whose origins are said to date back to the Bronze Age) traditionally accompanies other Sardinian staples, from pecorino cheese to the red wine cannonau - and pretty much any dish. Correspondent Seth Doane checks out how this bread - a popular Sardinian "celebrity" - is made and enjoyed.

For more info:

• Su Gologone Experience Hotel, Oliena, Sardinia
• Carasau Ristorante, Culver City, Calif.
• Panificio Giulio Bulloni, Bitti, Sardinia

TRIPTYCH: Cookware chronicles: The Big Green Egg
The large egg-shaped cooking device, known as the Big Green Egg, takes its inspiration from ancient ovens. But for nearly 50 years the gastronomic gadget has been winning over fans who use it for everything from steaks to pies. Correspondent Serena Altschul looks at the magic of cooking with the egg.

For more info:

• Big Green Egg
• EGGtoberfest, Atlanta

SEAFOOD: A new trend: Tinned fish
Luke Burbank reports.

For more info:

• Fishwife Tinned Seafood Company
• "Tin to Table: Fancy, Snacky Recipes for Tin-thusiasts and A-fish-ionados" by Anna Hezel (Chronicle Books), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• annahezel.com

LUNCH: The Chicago sandwich joint that inspired "The Bear"
Opened in 1979 by Joseph Zucchero, Mr. Beef is a Chicago joint that draws throngs from all over for its juicy Italian beef sandwiches, inspiring the hit FX series "The Bear." When Zucchero died last March, his son Christopher stepped up to run the family business. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Christopher, whose River North sandwich shop is booming like never before.

For more info:

• Mr. Beef (Instagram)
• "The Bear" on FX and Hulu

     
VEGAN: Pinky Cole on the success of her Slutty Vegan fast food chain
The mission of plant-based fast-food chain Slutty Vegan, says founder Pinky Cole, is to change the conversation around vegan food and make it more mainstream. She talks with correspondent Faith Salie about her improbable success, and how feeding one famous customer was the lucky break that helped launched her business.

For more info:

• iampinkycole.com
• Slutty Vegan
• "I Hope You Fail: Ten Hater Statements Holding You Back from Getting Everything You Want" by Pinky Cole (HarperCollins Leadership), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

TRIPTYCH: Cookware chronicles: The cutting edge of chef's knives
South Carolina bladesmith Quintin Middleton pours everything into his hand-crafted chef's knives – elegant instruments that can cost up to $2,500 apiece. Correspondent Serena Altschul talks with Middleton about his inspirations for forging his distinctive knives, and with chef Kwame Onwuachi, who says a Middleton blade is worth the sharp cost.

For more info:

• Middleton Made Knives
• Middleton Made Knives on Amazon
• Chef Kwame Onwuachi
• Tatiana, New York City

FRUIT: A sweet celebration of pawpaw fruit
The fruit of the pawpaw tree, part of the custard apple family, appears to be tropical, but it grows wild in more than 20 states and Canada, and was a favorite of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Today, it's the official native fruit of Ohio, which hosts an annual pawpaw festival. Correspondent Allison Aubrey reports on efforts to spread the word about the pawpaw.

For more info:

• Integration Acres, Albany, Ohio
• Ohio Pawpaw Festival
• Kentucky State University Pawpaw Program

SUNDAY PROFILE: Garth Brooks: "Life's better with music in it"
Garth Brooks may be the best-selling solo recording artist of all time. But now, he's got another title: Owner of the Friends In Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk in Nashville. Brooks talks with "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley about being "the luckiest, most blessed guy on this planet," and why his hope is that music – in or out of a honky-tonk – helps unite people.

For more info:

• garthbrooks.com
• Friends In Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk, Nashville

     
INGREDIENTS: The lawyer who polices food labels
The papers call him the "Vanilla Vigilante!" Spencer Sheehan, perhaps the most prolific consumer class-action attorney in the country, brings cases against food producers over what he claims is deceptive labeling of ingredients. Correspondent Jim Axelrod reports.

For more info:

• Spencer Sheehan, Sheehan & Associates
• Jacob Gersen, director, Harvard Law School's Food Law Lab

     
RECIPES: The New York Times Cooking: A recipe for success
For subscribers, The New York Times' Cooking section, and its Cooking app – with recipes by contributors like food columnist and cookbook author Melissa Clark – are as important a part of the "paper of record" as the news. And as Times editor Emily Weinstein tells correspondent Kelefa Sanneh, they're an important part of the paper's business model as well.

For more info:

• New York Times Cooking
• New York Times Recipes by Melissa Clark

     
POSTCARD FROM JAPAN: At your service
Lucy Craft reports. 

     
VIDEO: The father-and-son team behind "Hunger Pangs"
Food writer Kevin Pang and his dad, Jeffrey, are exploring their Asian heritage as hosts of a YouTube cooking show for America's Test Kitchen, "Hunger Pangs." They're also co-authors of a new cookbook, "A Very Chinese Cookbook: 100 Recipes from China & Not China (But Still Really Chinese)." They talk with correspondent Martha Teichner about food's special familial bond.

For more info:

• "A Very Chinese Cookbook: 100 Recipes from China & Not China (But Still Really Chinese)" by Kevin Tang and Jeffrey Tang (America's Test Kitchen), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• "Hunger Pangs," on America's Test Kitchen

      
DESSERT: Bouza: A tribute to Syrian ice cream
Jonathan Vigliotti reports. 

For more info:

• LeMirage Pastry, Anaheim, Calif.

      
TRIPTYCH: Cookware chronicles: The Bundt pan
Since its development in 1950, styled after a pan to bake a traditional European ring-shaped cake, 75 million Bundt pans have been sold – and they're used for more than just desserts. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports.

For more info:

• NordicWare, Minneapolis

     
COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan on being a bourbon aficionado
The comedian, a longtime beer guy, is new to the enjoyment of hard liquor, and finds it helps him forget his five kids.

For more info:

• jimgaffigan.com | "Barely Alive" tour dates

     
NATURE: TBD
    

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WEB EXCLUSIVES:

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Apollo 8 crew on capturing the "Earthrise" photo (YouTube Video)
Astronaut Frank Borman died on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at the age of 95. In this "CBS Sunday Morning" story originally broadcast December 23, 2018, Borman and his fellow crewmates from Apollo 8, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, talk with Lee Cowan about becoming the first humans to circle the moon, and of the photograph they brought back: the first image of the Earth above the lunar surface. Dubbed "Earthrise," it showed humanity the beauty and fragility of our home planet, and helped invigorate the environmental movement.

GALLERY: Notable deaths in 2023
A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity. 

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David Morgan

David Morgan is senior producer for CBSNews.com and the Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning." He writes about film, music and the arts. He is author of the books "Monty Python Speaks" and "Knowing the Score."

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