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If you knew what was going on behind the scenes at the Food Network during the \\u201890s, you might have placed a hefty wager that it would fail. Chefs were cooking in incomplete kitchens, and couldn't stop filming \\u2014\\xa0 even if they got hurt. It was a mess. Even Sara Moulton, one of the Food Network\\u2019s earliest stars, didn\\u2019t think the channel would survive.

But not only did it survive \\u2014\\xa0 it thrived. We talk to Moulton about her early days at the Food Network, and with author Allen Salkin about his book, \\u201cFrom Scratch: The Uncensored History of the Food Network.\\u201d