Forget Perfect Parties—Here’s How to Celebrate Every Day With Grossy Pelosi

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting, Personal Journals, Technology

4.3 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We’ve been sold the myth that entertaining means a spotless house, endless cooking, and perfection. Dan Pelosi—aka Grossy Pelosi—believes the opposite. His new cookbook Let’s Party shows why the best gatherings come from embracing imperfection, celebrating the everyday, and keeping food joyful and easy. In this episode, Dan shares why a good menu is really about confidence, why dips are the little black dress of parties, and how to show up as both a great host and a great guest. Let’s Party is out now—your blueprint for gatherings that feel simple, fun, and full of connection. Order Let's Party here. Join our newsletter community here. ORDER EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey all, Joe here and you are listening to Under the Influence.
0:11.0	I love a party. I love a gathering. I have pretty much an open door policy at my house.
0:18.0	If you're walking by, see if I'm home, because I'll usually invite you in,
0:22.1	and I'll whip up a cheese plate in about five minutes that will blow your freaking mind.
0:26.3	Okay? It will. It will. I really think that we've been sold the myth that entertaining
0:31.7	means having a spotless house, endless cooking, and absolute perfection. And I do not think that is true. I don't at all.
0:41.2	And my guest today doesn't either. You will have probably heard of Dan Pelosi. He's one of my
0:47.5	favorite follows on Instagram, where he is grossy Pelosi, which I just love saying out loud.
0:54.7	Dan's new cookbook, Let's Party, is about embracing, celebrating every day.
0:59.1	It's about just gathering for no reason at all or make an up a reason.
1:03.5	And he, like me, believes that the very best gatherings come from embracing your imperfections
1:09.8	and keeping the food joyful and easy.
1:13.4	Today we're talking about how to be a good party host, but also how to be a good party guest.
1:18.4	Dan tells me how to build a good party menu and how to prepare it a couple of days ahead of time
1:23.1	so that you're not scrambling all day long the day of your party or gathering.
1:27.5	And we're also going to dig into one of my favorite foods, which are dips.
1:32.7	Dips and cheese, I think, should be food groups all on their own.
1:37.1	In fact, I think I could live on just dips and cheese.
1:40.3	I truly do.
1:41.3	I do.
1:41.7	They're the freaking best.
1:42.5	And you know who else is the best?
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