00:00his first book sold over a million copies this is the next generation of cooking we're continuing
00:07our discovery of american cooking jeff became a national sensation one gal on united one day
00:12came over to me time for lunch she leaned in my chair and she said okay frug what do you want
00:18green or brown i'm oprah winfrey i do declare for thank jeff himself when he told you a story you
00:27were like yes tell me more tell me more frugal means that you use everything in the kitchen i
00:32don't want you spending a lot of time with instant foods there were days where jeff was very happy go
00:37lucky and then there were days where you didn't know what kind of jeff you were you were going to
00:40have or work with i was on the street in san francisco my pager went off and it was early in the morning
00:46and it was my best friend in seattle and he said oh my gosh you're not going to believe what i'm
00:50hearing on the news right now the frugal gourmet the frugal gourmet the frugal gourmet the frugal
00:56gourmet i come forward now because there are probably hundreds of victims he choked up it
01:02was hard for him to speak about it i was shocked dismay and sudden there were things about him that
01:09were spectacular and there were things about him that made me really angry i'd see these guys come
01:14in and i'd be like no don't work here you know this is this is not the place for you trust me on this
01:21it was insane what was i doing there even the waitresses and denny's go oh yeah everybody knows
01:30that i don't even really know what you're talking about jeff told me that the allegations were not
01:37true i believe jeff i know that um there were people who uh oftentimes misunderstood um jeffrey's
01:47warmth and affection misunderstanding really you think you know that person no you don't know that
01:54person you know the person they're playing you know i don't know which one was the real one
02:01the closet's a very lonely isolating place it's full of self-hatred and self-deprecation and shame
02:11and yeah he was done mr smith needed to be brought to justice for what he did
02:17until we eat together again this is the frugal gourmet i bid you peace
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