Weekend: No One’s Having a Better Time Than Ina 🍸

Let’s be real here: Celebrity news seems to get darker by the day (looking at you, Diddy). Luckily, Ina Garten’s press tour for her new memoir has been the ultimate palate cleanser — giving us moments nearly as iconic as when she whipped up a cosmo the size of her head. Highlights from the tour include: the highly memeable, all-too-relatable dishwasher comment; a look at the library in her NYC apartment, which is surprisingly normal — particularly compared to her cookbook library; her discovery of the Trad Wife movement (her reaction is *chef’s kiss*); and, yes, the highly entertaining story of Garten’s first and last time playing beer pong, involving Taylor Swift, soccer star Abby Wambach, and some NSFW advice. 

But not all the content has been as irresistible and comforting as her beloved Double Chocolate Layer Cake. The Barefoot Contessa’s press tour has also delivered a few eyebrow-raising revelations, including the time Garten’s assistant “dismissed” a letter from Jennifer Garner and details about an icy period between Garten and Everyone’s Other Favorite Hostess Martha Stewart. But perhaps the biggest bombshell of all? Garten’s admission that she almost divorced Jeffrey (correct, that Jeffrey) when the two were going through a rocky moment in the ‘70s. Of course, we probably don’t have to tell you that America’s Favorite Couple is better than ever (see: this Golden Retriever Husband repping his wife’s merch). In fact, it seems the most controversial thing about Garten continues to be her highly questionable method of cutting bagels (please name one other person who does this). Which, given *gestures broadly at everything* is pretty refreshing.