Hey, guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

My thanks, as always, for clicking and listening along.

I am, I would say, unusually.

I would say exceptionally excited to bring you my conversation this week with Ina Garten, not just because she is one of my

favorite people currently walking the earth, but also because it is our latest Sunday sit down

live. That means the conversation took place in front of a live audience at City Winery in New York

City, the great spot right on the Hudson River that has been such a generous

host and sponsor of our Sunday Sit Down Live series that began earlier this year with Nate

Bargettze. So Ina and I got together. We've interviewed each other a million times. She on my show,

me on hers, doing live events, including one recently around her number one bestselling memoir,

Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

So the deal is, our viewers of Sunday today, you who listen to the podcast, flew in from all

over the place, and I do mean all over the place, from Canada, from Las Vegas, from Atlanta,

from L.A., bought plane tickets, bought tickets to be in the room,

got hotel rooms. I'm again so overwhelmed and humbled by the response, people bringing their

mugs in the room, buying a mug at City Winery and sitting with me and Ina for this conversation.

So just that live feel, the reaction from the audience, seeing, meeting,

hearing from our viewers, bringing Aina's fans into the room as well. It was such a special night,

and I'm so glad we get to share it with you. I will spare you the long windup. You know who

Eindgarten is. She's the barefoot contessa, right? She is 13 cookbooks into her career, then this new memoir, which opened up her personal life more than any other piece of work she's done before, anything she's said on a show or put into a cookbook talking about her childhood and her marriage and her journey from home cook to culinary icon.

So I will get out of the way here, sit back, relax, and let you enjoy right now.

Ina Garten on the Sunday Sit Down podcast live from City Winery in New York.

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