up. then we're going to saute it in butter. >> the first shows were live on tape, which gave it a kind of breathless quality, which was rather nice. >> this should saute for just about a minute or two. >> but whatever happened, happened. >> when you're ready to cook them -- i'm sticking on a bean. >> she had to devise an outline of points that she wanted to cover, but she didn't memorize anything. she prepared her work meticulously. she would type these things out single spaced, two or three pages of what happens after this and after that. >> and mix them all up. >> they would do this to the chicken, and they would do that to the chicken. >> there. >> i mean she knew what she was going to do, and i was just really the traffic cop. >> turn the blender on. >> julia was a master at getting everything together and then just letting it roll. >> adding a little olive oil until it gets thicker.