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And if you know anything about Ina, you know that she's written over a dozen best-selling cookbooks. I have almost all of them. And that she's been married to her beloved husband, Jeffrey, for more than 50 years. So now it's about 7.40 a.m. and we have hit our first big patch of traffic. And that she lives in the Hamptons. Oh, we're in East Hampton.

And if you know anything about Ina, you know that she's written over a dozen best-selling cookbooks. I have almost all of them. And that she's been married to her beloved husband, Jeffrey, for more than 50 years. So now it's about 7.40 a.m. and we have hit our first big patch of traffic. And that she lives in the Hamptons. Oh, we're in East Hampton.

in a stately home that if you've ever seen her TV show is instantly recognizable. And I just missed her house. Except if you're the one driving. I'm so busy talking to you that I just missed her house. Now back to that moment that Ina Garten is having.

in a stately home that if you've ever seen her TV show is instantly recognizable. And I just missed her house. Except if you're the one driving. I'm so busy talking to you that I just missed her house. Now back to that moment that Ina Garten is having.

She just wrote a memoir about her childhood and her marriage and her improbable journey from working as an analyst in the Ford White House to purchasing a small specialty food store in the Hamptons that becomes wildly popular under her ownership. Okay, and we have just arrived at Ina Garten's house.

She just wrote a memoir about her childhood and her marriage and her improbable journey from working as an analyst in the Ford White House to purchasing a small specialty food store in the Hamptons that becomes wildly popular under her ownership. Okay, and we have just arrived at Ina Garten's house.

all of which put her on a path to becoming a kind of guru for a relaxed, real, not too prim or glamorous way of entertaining at home. Wow.

all of which put her on a path to becoming a kind of guru for a relaxed, real, not too prim or glamorous way of entertaining at home. Wow.

And so after a few emails... Ina, to our delight, agreed to meet with us in her home studio.

And so after a few emails... Ina, to our delight, agreed to meet with us in her home studio.

which she calls the barn, and to talk to us about the thing that so many of us are going to be doing today, hosting or being hosted.

which she calls the barn, and to talk to us about the thing that so many of us are going to be doing today, hosting or being hosted.

It's 90 feet. Through the beautiful hedges and shrubs. I'm Michael Barbaro. This is a special Thanksgiving episode of The Daily. Today, someone is in the kitchen with Ina. And that someone is me. It's Thursday, November 28th. Well, I want to give you something. Oh, you didn't have to bring me anything. Now, of course, I wouldn't dream of coming to Ina Garten's house empty-handed.

It's 90 feet. Through the beautiful hedges and shrubs. I'm Michael Barbaro. This is a special Thanksgiving episode of The Daily. Today, someone is in the kitchen with Ina. And that someone is me. It's Thursday, November 28th. Well, I want to give you something. Oh, you didn't have to bring me anything. Now, of course, I wouldn't dream of coming to Ina Garten's house empty-handed.

This is a tote and a bottle of what I understand, according to Google, is your favorite kind of wine from Burgundy.

This is a tote and a bottle of what I understand, according to Google, is your favorite kind of wine from Burgundy.

And eventually, the two of us sit down at a table inside the barn for a conversation over coffee and a basket of pastries. I feel like you're literally modeling the behavior that we're going to be talking about.

And eventually, the two of us sit down at a table inside the barn for a conversation over coffee and a basket of pastries. I feel like you're literally modeling the behavior that we're going to be talking about.

The hosting begins early here. Ina, thank you. So happy to see you. So I just want to set the table for this conversation, as it were. To me, there's nothing as special as being invited into somebody's home as you have invited us for a meal, whether it's a dead simple backyard barbecue or an elaborate multi-course sit-down dinner.

The hosting begins early here. Ina, thank you. So happy to see you. So I just want to set the table for this conversation, as it were. To me, there's nothing as special as being invited into somebody's home as you have invited us for a meal, whether it's a dead simple backyard barbecue or an elaborate multi-course sit-down dinner.