I'm Ina Garten. I love to invite interesting people to my house for good food, great conversation, and lots of fun.

The incredible best-selling, award-winning author, and bookstore owner, Ann Patchett, is joining me for a fabulous day at the barn.

It happens to chefs and it happens to movie stars, but it doesn't happen to novelists.

I'm welcoming her with Cherry Clofoodie, which is inspired by her latest best-selling novel, Tom Lake.

We're talking about the secret to her success.

I think about a story for three years.

And some childhood revelations.

We just didn't go to school all the time.

We're cooking together. We're making a recipe we both love Charlie Bird salad.

Then she's showing me the whole roasted cauliflower she serves with it.

It's like a work of art.

And in return, I'm showing her the secret to making my jammy eggs.

Two great ideas for a perfect lunch.

Anne, I'm so glad you're here. I'm so glad I'm here.

I love this. Anne Patchett is major best-selling author. She'd won all kinds of awards,

and she has a wonderful bookstore in Nashville. Her latest book is called Tom Lake, and it takes place in a cherry orchard.

And I thought, wouldn't it be great to make her something with cherries?

So I'm making a cherry clafouty.

It's a classic country French dessert.

I'm making it in a baking dish that I've buttered and sugared.

Put the cherries in, and then I'm going to add some orange liqueur. Just kind of sprinkle the orange liqueur over, and it gets absorbed by the cherries.

Okay.

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