On the Today Show this morning, Karen Tack shows off holiday-themed cupcakes from What’s New, Cupcake? (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 9780547241814). PW’s review said, “Kids and adults alike will find joy in the many artful creations, including a ‘pizza’ supported by cupcakes and topped with fruit ‘pepperoni’; a banana split with cupcakes in the form of ice cream scoops, and Chinese takeout complete with Tootsie Roll broccoli florets. This is an innovative title that doesn't hold back.”

Also on the Today Show, Sandra Lee gives shortcut ideas from her latest book, Semi-Homemade Comfort Food (Wiley, ISBN 978-0470645949).

NPR’s Talk of the Nation interviews Ralph Keyes, author of Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms (Little, Brown, ISBN 978-0316056564).

The Leonard Lopate Show talks to Greg Farrell, author of Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris, the Fall of Merrill Lynch, and the Near-Collapse of Bank of America (Crown Business, ISBN 978-0307717863); Ivana Lowell, author of Why Not Say What Happened (Knopf, ISBN 978-0307267986); Liz Murray, author of Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard (Hyperion, ISBN 978-0786868919); and Mosette Broderick, author of Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America's Gilded Age (Knopf, ISBN 978-0394536620).

Also on WNYC, Soundcheck looks at music books from 2010, including Life by Keith Richards (Little, Brown, ISBN 978-0316034388) and Just Kids by Patti Smith (Ecco, ISBN 978-0060936228).

Rula Jebreal, author of Miral: A Novel (Penguin, ISBN 978-0143116196), is on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The Colbert Report features Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes by Stephen Sondheim (Knopf, ISBN 978-0679439073).

Due to the nature of live programming, scheduling is subject to change.

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