Thanksgiving With Ina Garten
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Who is Ina Garten and why is she famous?
Ina Garten.
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. 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.
Hi. Hello. Nice to see you. I hear you all the time. May I hug you? I insist. Oh, I'm so happy to see you, Michael. Thank you so much for coming.
And so after a few emails... Ina, to our delight, agreed to meet with us in her home studio.
Welcome to the barn.
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.
I live next door, and my commute is on the grass. It's 90 feet.
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.
I love burgundy. Oh, this is gorgeous. Thank you so much.
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.
That's not what I do.
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. And it's always felt to me that good hosting is a kind of magic, right? And you are such a master of this particular art form, this magic of convening people and making the togetherness feel so special.
Well, it's what I love to do because my whole goal in life is to connect with people I love. And it doesn't happen easily. When you have that connection, you feel like you're taking care of people and they're taking care of you. And God knows we need that.
that comes from, that desire to comfort people, to make them feel cared for.
Well, you know, in my memoir I tell the story that my mother was very cold. I think she just wasn't capable of being warm. So I think I never felt connected to her at all. At all? At all. At all.
That's a pretty stark thing to have to say. Yeah.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Ina Garten and why is she famous?
0:47–6:36
2
What are the key elements of successful hosting?
6:36–12:56
3
How can you make guests feel welcomed?
12:56–16:26
4
What should you consider when seating guests?
16:26–16:33
5
How do you decide what food to serve?
16:33–19:01
6
What should the table setting look like for a dinner party?
19:01–21:31
7
How to handle difficult guests during a dinner?
21:31–23:28
8
What is the takeaway from Ina Garten's approach to hosting?
23:28–29:29
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