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Two new books focus on the culinary lives of these two artists. Turns out, their approaches to food provide a new way of thinking about their two very different approaches to art.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Allen Salkin's new history of the Food Network, From Scratch. It's an affectionate but unsparing look at a scrappy little startup network that became a national broadcasting behemoth — and brought people like Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray into millions of homes.

The Washington state congresswoman was one of just 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after Jan. 6. And she is one of three who are on the ballot Tuesday — in Washington and in Michigan.

Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer discuse the tendency of politicians, especially those now running for president, to refer to themselves in the third person. He then recreates some great lines in history with this locution.

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports from Beirut on Hezbollah's hard-line stance regarding Israel. In an interview, Hezbollah's chief political spokesman said that Hezbollah would be undeterred from bombing northern Israel, despite Israel's aggressive response.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on the uproar over a FBI computer program that sifts through e-mail for evidence for investigations. Civil Liberty advocates say it's an unconstitutional loss of privacy, but the FBI argues it's no different from tapping phone lines.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on how college professors are adapting their teaching methods to an Internet world. With course notes on-line and some professors even replacing themselves with CD-ROMs, the changes have been tougher on the teachers than the students.

NPR's Jack Speer reports from Washington that federal regulators are proposing new restrictions for railway mergers. The Surface Transportation Board released the proposed guidelines yesterday. If approved early next year, they would make it harder for large rail lines to merge.

Lynette Nyman of Minnesota Public Radio reports on a meeting of Native American tribes this week to discuss telecommunications service on reservations. Putting phone lines in for the first time, the Federal Communications Commission and the tribes face problems that are making each reservation's solution unique.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that dozens of people have been hurt during a clash between Israeli police and Palestinians at one of Jerusalem's holiest shrines. The trouble started as hard-line Israeli politician Ariel Sharon left the shrine, which Jews call the Temple Mount.

NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello reviews the movie Best In Show. It's a new mocumentary from Christopher Guest, (in the spirit of Waiting for Guffman). Bob says it walks a line between condescension and hilarity, and does it well.

Linda talks with David Brooks of the Weekly Standard and Paul West of the Baltimore Sun about the Republican presidential candidates, Whitewater and the week in which House Speaker Newt Gingrich beat a tactical retreat from his hard line on the budget.

Mitsubishi Motors shut down two assembly-line shifts today and paid for more than two thousand workers to travel to Chicago and protest an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sexual harassment lawsuit against the company. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that the company-sponsored rally is unprecedented.

Bill Daley, President Clinton's nominee for the nation's new commerce secretary, is known for his Democratic fundraising talents...and his ability to cross party lines for support. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Daley's hometown of Chicago.

Lanny Davis, White House Special Counsel, talks to Linda about today's document release. They also discuss the White House strategy for addressing the number of questions regarding fund-raising practices, and the blurring of lines between White House business and DNC business.

Unionized exotic dancers at the Lusty Lady in San Francisco walk the picket line to restore a pay cut and gain some fringe benefits.

Robert talks to Jacob Weisberg, Chief Political Columnist for the on-line magazine Slate, about the final round of political ads before this year's election. (5:30) Slate magazine can be found on the internet at http://slate.msn.com

It's the end of the assembly line - literally - for Britain's three-wheeled cars. The last Reliant Robin was produced today in London. NoahAdams talks with Graham Chapell, National Secretary of the Reliant Owners Club in Sheffield, England.

NPR's David Molpus reports on a recent study that looks at the global diversity practices of U.S.-based multinational companies. The study suggests that while companies are becoming more sensitive to diversity issues, they must walk a fine line between American practices and local customs.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that Calfornia's power shortage will likely worsen when summer heat has residents turning on air conditioning. The state's govenor is relying on energy conservation to keep consumption in line with demand.

Commentator Baxter Black says he wonders where Ford Motor is going with the naming of their new line of cars. He has a few ideas of his own.

Lisa visits with three teenagers in Vienna, Virginia, to learn about the ingenious uses to which they're putting Napster, the on-line music-swapping service. As they tell it, Napster is about more than just a free ride.

Poet Minton Sparks comes from a long line of strong Southern women. She praises them in her latest CD, Middlin' Sisters, and talks with host Lisa Simeone about what it was like growing up with women who had to hold their families together.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports President Bush's foreign policy team is not fully cohesive yet. Several policy positions articulated by Secretary of State Colin Powell have been out of line with those later adopted by the president.

Sitting on the back of an alligator, researcher Daphne Soares noticed a beard of tiny bumps lining its jaws. Turns out, gators on the hunt use those bumps to detect their prey in the water. For All Things Considered, NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.