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All of Playlist's Chef's Flight Content
Daniel HautzingerAmerican Masters Chef's Flight is over, but you can still stream the documentaries and catch up on our posts with recipes, interviews, features and more about these four icons of American cuisine.
Jacques Pépin on American Food Since the '50s
Daniel Hautzinger"It was another world," Pépin says of the American culinary scene when he first arrived here in 1959. “The cook used to be at the bottom of the social scale. Now we are genius.”
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution
Daniel HautzingerOn Friday, May 26 at 10:00 pm, enjoy an American Masters film about Alice Waters, preceded by the premiere of Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft at 9:00 pm. Try some of Waters's fresh, ingredient-focused recipes here.
From the Archive: Julia Child
Daniel HautzingerIn a 1978 interview with WTTW's John Callaway, Julia Child discusses food snobs, nutrition freaks, and children in the kitchen. "My point is to make cooking easy for people so that they can enjoy it and do it, rather than making it a kind of art for the 'we happy few,'" she says.
Chicago Chefs on the Influence of James Beard
Daniel HautzingerThe American Masters documentary James Beard: America's First Foodie explores the life of one of the most important figures in America's culinary revolution. A James Beard Award winner and nominee share Beard's influence on them and their favorite Beard recipe.
James Beard: America's First Foodie
Daniel HautzingerEnjoy recipes and witty quotes from James Beard: a pioneer of American cuisine and farm-to-table cooking, an influential teacher and cookbook author, the host of the first nationally televised cooking show, and a jovial, insatiable gourmand.
How Well Do You Know Patsy Cline?
Daniel HautzingerA new American Masters documentary explores the life and influence of Patsy Cline, one of country's biggest stars despite her brief career.
"Her Life is History": The Universality of Maya Angelou
Daniel HautzingerMaya Angelou was beyond prolific, and her life touched on many of the most significant people and events of the twentieth century. The creators of a film about the great woman discuss the difficulty of capturing her multi-faceted life on film, why they admire her, and what she was like.
