This week on “Sunday Morning” (November 24): The Food Issue

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COVER STORY: A study to devise nutritional guidance just for you
From the four food groups to the Food Pyramid, the U.S. government has long offered guidance to Americans hoping to eat a healthier diet.  But there’s growing scientific consensus that when it comes to eating healthy, all of us respond to foods differently. And to prove it, the National Institutes of Health has embarked on the most ambitious nutrition study ever, hoping to finally provide Americans an answer to the question: “What should I eat?” Correspondent Lee Cowan reports.

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ARTS: Good enough to eat: Noah Verrier’s paintings of comfort food
Artist Noah Verrier is getting millions of likes on social media for his paintings of comfort foods, like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, burgers, fries, and jelly donuts – and they’re selling like hotcakes on eBay. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with Verrier about how the former Florida State University art instructor came to become known as a “junk food painter.”

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FOOD: Baking an ancient bread in Tennessee
In Nashville, not far from the center of the country music world, you’ll find a bakery that produces bread nearly identical to what Kurds have been enjoying for more than 4,000 years. Correspondent Martha Teichner visits Newroz Market, where their bread, which originated in Mesopotamia and is traditionally hand-made by women, is a vital culinary necessity for the Kurdish diaspora.

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DAIRY: The cream of the crop in butter
The butter made at Animal Farm Creamery, in Shoreham, Vermont, is almost exclusively sold to fine dining restaurants around the country. Correspondent Faith Salie visits the family farm churning out a golden (and expensive) product.

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