Ina Garten

If you do little vases filled with flowers in the same color palette as the napkin, then it all feels coordinated and you can move those vases around until they look great. I think things that are fancy are actually meant to impress rather than make people feel comfortable. And I feel that way about food, I feel that way about table settings.

If for the holidays you don't have enough chairs of one kind of chair, then who cares? It's fun. Just put chairs around the table. If you only have six white dishes in one pattern and you have six white dishes in another pattern, just mix them all up. And I think that makes something feel simple and elegant and fun, which is, at the end of the day, you just want your friends to be there.

If for the holidays you don't have enough chairs of one kind of chair, then who cares? It's fun. Just put chairs around the table. If you only have six white dishes in one pattern and you have six white dishes in another pattern, just mix them all up. And I think that makes something feel simple and elegant and fun, which is, at the end of the day, you just want your friends to be there.

We must have the same uncle, the disruptor.

We must have the same uncle, the disruptor.

Oh, the dominator. Yeah.

Oh, the dominator. Yeah.

That's pretty hard to think of what to do except to invite them to come join you in the kitchen and say, this isn't okay. But how do you do that? It's very hard to do. And probably everybody would like to do it. I mean, I try and change the subject. I try to change the subject. Yeah, I think that's the only thing you can do. And I think everybody's so grateful that you do.

That's pretty hard to think of what to do except to invite them to come join you in the kitchen and say, this isn't okay. But how do you do that? It's very hard to do. And probably everybody would like to do it. I mean, I try and change the subject. I try to change the subject. Yeah, I think that's the only thing you can do. And I think everybody's so grateful that you do.

Are we overthinking these details, you and I? I don't think so. I think it's really important. Right. And I think it's a skill. You get better and better at hosting people. And I think, I mean, you and I obviously find it's really worth doing because it's the glue between people.

Are we overthinking these details, you and I? I don't think so. I think it's really important. Right. And I think it's a skill. You get better and better at hosting people. And I think, I mean, you and I obviously find it's really worth doing because it's the glue between people.

Oh, you're going to come cook with me?

Oh, you're going to come cook with me?

We'll be right back.

We'll be right back.

So the first thing is baked Virginia ham. So what I do is I buy a fully cooked smoked ham, really good quality ham, that's pre-sliced. Wow. So you don't have to slice it at the party. And all I do is make a glaze with like five ingredients in it, goes in a food processor, put it on the ham, goes in the oven, and it bakes for an hour.

So the first thing is baked Virginia ham. So what I do is I buy a fully cooked smoked ham, really good quality ham, that's pre-sliced. Wow. So you don't have to slice it at the party. And all I do is make a glaze with like five ingredients in it, goes in a food processor, put it on the ham, goes in the oven, and it bakes for an hour.

Exactly.

Exactly.

One thing you need to know about me is I follow a recipe exactly. So, six cloves of garlic. Are you in charge of garlic? I would like to. Choose your weapon. I'll get the garlic. I'm ordering my clobber around.