Peter the young bride, lois, had married into the dedomenico family, owners of the golden grain macaroni company. Her armenian landlady taught her how to make rice pilaf. Lois added a twist. Erica with swansons chicken soup mixed in to make it delicious. And the brothers who ran thethe brothers who ran the Pasta Company realized that since they also had a sideline in making dried soup mixes, that they could turn this into a boxed meal and sell it as an alternative to potatoes on your plate, which they promptly did. And it was very successful. The older brother, vincent dedomenico, came up with the name ricearoni. Peter there was practically nothing you could put on your plate that you couldnt pour out of a box. [music] michael you know, when somebody says to me, your three best meals of your life . There are always going to be three meals that completely changed my thought process, and chez panisse was my first. [music] peter alice waters was a teenager in a tiny midwest town when she
day. sky fox overhead just before 8:00 this morning at the mark train station on summit avenue where an 81-year-old gaithersburg man was struck and killed by an inbound train. witnesses told place he d been waiting out in the cold in a nearby coffee shop. when he saw the train coming, he hurried across the tracks to be able to board. unfortunately it appears that he misjudged how fast the train was coming, how long it would take him to cross in front of it. this is presenting itself as a tragic accident. reporter: the victim has been identified as james thomas which he mons, renowned scholar at wesley clemons, a renowned scholar at wesically seminary. he was kind and curious and adventurous. i can t think of a time i saw jim clemons when he wasn t smiling and so when i heard, i was just stunned. reporter: clemons taught at the seminary 28 years. he d also done internationally recognized work in the area of suicide prevention and at 81 was still very physically acti
history. we will begin the officer elections to elect the rnc leadership the next two years. reporter: getting rid of michael steel opened up a rift among republicans. on one side, rnc members who wanted to turn the page on his sometimes controversial chairmanship. the rnc lost credibility with donors, large and small. small. this committee needs a quiet, effective, experienced chair. i urge your support for the next generation of leadership to our party. reporter: others question why republicans would remove a party chairman who brought the gop back in two short years after the victories by brama and the by barack obama and the democrats in 2008. what corporation changes the head when you just had the biggest win? he put us on the path to victory in 2010, and i believe that he will see us through vick or in 2012. when somebody makes sweet music, what is a good conductor you don t get rid of the conductor, and he s made sweet music. reporter: in the en
the accused spies met with an undercover fbi agent posing as a russian agent, saturday at the corner of h and 10th street northwest blocks first white house. he worked at all russia travel in arlington and spoke several languages. anything indicating he was involved in something shady? no. and the suspects were encouraged to become americanized. intelligence experts doubt that they are the only ones. and russian intelligence activities are high if not higher. reporter: two other suspects, an arlington couple who lived in this complex, recurrently moved from seattle and no one there suspected anything. and they never leaded to led me to believe anything. reporter: it was an embarrassment and the white house said nothing has changed. we have made great progress. reporter: the white house said that president obama and medvedev did not discuss this wish issue when they met last week. as for the timing of the arrest? the justice department said that it had