LEARN/CREATE (PT)

9:00 pm 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Crepes and Croissants"  NULL

9:30 pm 

Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless  "Cooking In Wine Country"  Ever dream of owning a winery? Don and Tru Miller made their dreams come true 12 years ago when they built Adobe Guadalupe in the Valle de Guadalupe. Rick's dream of cooking in their stunning kitchen, with its handmade wood-fired oven, comes true this season when he cooks for the Millers and other local winemakers. Along the way, Rick shops for just-picked produce at the idyllic farm stand on the grounds of Mogor Baden Winery, artisanal cheeses at Rancho La Campana (a 100-year-old cheese cave) as well as for breads and olives at the charming Cremeria los Globos. D

10:00 pm 

Caprial and John's Kitchen: Cooking for Family and Friends  "Organic Root Vegetables"  The Pences prepare braised pork shoulder with caramelized carrots and potatoes and seared flat-iron steak with oven-roasted carrot salad.G

10:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Rome: Ancient Glory"  NULL

11:00 pm 

Theater Talk  "Elaine Stritch's88th Birthday Bash"  We celebrate the 88th birthday of the great star Elaine Stritch. Joining us along with Stritch herself are her good friends, music director Rob Bowman, and actor Hunter Ryan Herdlicka who appeared with Stritch in A Little Night Music on Broadway. In a freewheeling conversation, Stritch reminisces fondly about a number of people and things of significance including Stephen Sondheim, Bela Lugosi, and the gift basket that Alec Baldwin sent her after she injured her hip. D

11:30 pm 

Closer to Truth  "Is God Necessary?"  Whether God exists may depend on whether God is necessary. Even if God exists, would it have been possible for God not to exist? In other words, even if God does exist, could it have been otherwise?. D