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🍳 Be My Guest with Ina Garten (2022) - Season 7 Episode 2

Pull up a chair and join Ina Garten for intimate conversations, delicious recipes, and heartfelt moments. In Episode [2], [brief hook: see episode-specific hooks below]. From kitchen wisdom to life lessons, discover what happens when great food meets even greater company.

πŸ”Ή Episode Highlights:
β€’ [E01 Hook: "Ina welcomes a special guest for cozy conversation & comfort food"]
β€’ [E02 Hook: "Kitchen secrets revealed: recipes, stories & soulful connection"]
β€’ Signature moments: Ina's warmth, guest chemistry & mouthwatering dishes
β€’ Behind-the-scenes: the joy of cooking together, laughing often, living well
β€’ Takeaway inspiration: simple recipes, meaningful moments, Barefoot Contessa style

πŸ”Ή Series Info:
β€’ Format: Food Talk Show / Lifestyle / Interview Series
β€’ Original Network: Food Network / Discovery+ / Max (International)
β€’ Series Launch: 2022 | Season: 7 | Episodes: 1-2
β€’ Host: Ina Garten (The Barefoot Contessa)
β€’ Setting: Ina's Home Kitchen – East Hampton, New York
β€’ Language: English (Original Audio) + Subtitles Available
β€’ Runtime: ~30 minutes (full) | Clip/Highlight version: ~8-12 min

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00:00I'm Ina Garten. I love to invite interesting people to my house for good food, great conversation, and lots of
00:07fun.
00:07The amazing, award-winning musician and composer, John Batiste, is joining me for a wonderful day at the barn.
00:14He's a big PB&J fan, so I'm making my peanut butter and jelly bars.
00:21I guess it's okay.
00:23Oh, yeah.
00:25Then John's taking over the kitchen and showing me how to make his mom's famous Louisiana-style red beans.
00:31Oh, we in the playoff now. Be my guest.
00:40The insanely talented musician, John Batiste, is coming to spend the day at the barn with me.
00:45And I understand he likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, so I thought, wouldn't it be great to make peanut
00:49butter and jelly bars for him?
00:51So, this is what I've done. I've got butter and sugar mixing in here.
00:54I'm going to add a teaspoon of vanilla.
00:58Okay, next is two eggs.
01:00Basically, what I'm doing is I'm making a shortbread with lots of peanut butter in it.
01:05Okay, so that's the eggs.
01:06And now I'm going to add two cups of smooth peanut butter.
01:10It's a lot of peanut butter.
01:12Okay, next are the dry ingredients.
01:14So, three cups of flour, all-purpose flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, and one and a half teaspoons of
01:22salt.
01:24Okay, I'm just going to sift these together.
01:26And while I sift them, let me tell you about John Batiste.
01:29John Batiste is an incredible composer, singer, soul writer, multi-instrumentalist, and band leader.
01:37Born in Louisiana, when he was just eight years old, he played drums in his family's legendary Batiste Brothers band
01:44before switching to piano and then going on to study jazz and classical music at Juilliard.
01:50He formed his band Stay Human, famous for their impromptu street performances called Love Riots, who became Stephen Colbert's much
01:59-loved house band on The Late Show.
02:01John is famous for his unique mix of classical, jazz, and modern music styles, and has written and performed a
02:09symphony documented into the film American Symphony.
02:13He's recorded chart-topping albums, and he has won many prestigious awards, including an Oscar, an Emmy, a Golden Globe,
02:21and seven Grammys.
02:23John is married to best-selling writer Suleika Jouard.
02:26They've known each other since they were teenagers, and John's been at her side throughout her long battle with cancer.
02:33John's done so much from acting, performing at the Super Bowl, and receiving honorary degrees.
02:39I mean, talk about talented.
02:42Isn't he amazing?
02:43Okay, now the dry ingredients.
02:45Make it low enough that it's not going all over the place.
02:50I want all the flour in the bowl, not on me.
02:54Okay, so that's the dough.
02:55So what I'm going to do is take two-thirds of this and spread it into a pan.
02:59Got the baking pan all greased and floured.
03:02And then I'm going to save a third of it and use it for the topping, you'll see.
03:06This is great dough.
03:07Okay, it's a little sticky, so I'm going to use floured hands to press it in.
03:11Don't have to roll it out.
03:12It doesn't have to be fancy.
03:14Okay, next comes the jelly part.
03:16And I actually use raspberry preserves.
03:18I need one and a half cups.
03:20I'm just going to spread it out.
03:23This makes a lot of peanut butter and jelly bars.
03:26Okay, that should be right.
03:27Okay, that's the jam.
03:29Now what I'm going to do is take little dollops of the rest of the dough and put it right
03:34on top.
03:35Okay, here I go.
03:38Okay, that's the topping.
03:39One more thing for texture is I've got chopped salted peanuts.
03:43I'm just going to sprinkle it on top.
03:47Okay, ready for the oven.
03:50These are going to bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes, and then I'll be ready when John gets here.
03:55Ha, ha, ha!
03:57We're going to CI.
03:58I got my instrument.
04:03And it's going to be a beautiful day.
04:05And I'm very excited.
04:06I'm very, very excited.
04:10These are the peanut butter and jelly bars.
04:12They smell so good.
04:13So they've baked and cooled, and now I'm just going to cut them up in squares.
04:20And I think we're pulling up to the house right now.
04:23Oh, I know.
04:24Oh, I know.
04:30Okay, you think three is enough for two of us?
04:32Probably.
04:34Okay, one more.
04:36Oh, I ain't got a nice situation.
04:40Ah!
04:41Oh, nice bush.
04:43I ain't a garden with the garden.
04:45Ha, ha!
04:46Oh, I ain't, uh...
04:51Okay, got some hot water for tea?
04:55Oh, well, let me just go ahead on.
04:58Oh, I ain't, uh...
05:01Oh, I think I hear John.
05:03Oh, I know.
05:04I'm so happy to see you.
05:07Oh, hello.
05:08Thank you so much for coming.
05:10Great to be here.
05:11What did you bring?
05:12Oh, look at this.
05:13This is my instrument, my harmonoboard.
05:18I just can't believe you can play that without seeing the keyboard.
05:21Oh, yeah.
05:22That's incredible.
05:23I had carried it around for many years.
05:25So I made something I think you might like.
05:27Ah.
05:28You and I both like comfort food, right?
05:30Yes.
05:30And I understand peanut butter and jelly is yours.
05:32Is that right?
05:33Oh, yes, yes.
05:34So I made peanut butter and jelly bars.
05:35Oh, my goodness.
05:38I love the way that they look and the concept of them,
05:42and I think it will continue once they're in my mouth.
05:45So what did peanut butter and jelly mean to you?
05:48Is that what you had as a kid?
05:49It's a comfort food.
05:49It's very consistent.
05:51It's cons... absolutely.
05:52You know what it's going to be every time.
05:54Well, I hope you like it.
05:55Thank you so much for making my favorite.
05:58If you don't like this, I'm in trouble, so...
06:00Oh, I think it'd be hard to do...
06:06Ooh...
06:07I guess it's okay.
06:08Oh, yeah.
06:10You're in a good vibe.
06:12Ooh, yeah, this is a good situation.
06:15It's a good situation.
06:17Wow.
06:18This is a great texture, great flavor, perfect.
06:22Well, it has to be intense, like music, but familiar.
06:26Definitely.
06:27Cheers.
06:27Cheers.
06:28Yeah, I know.
06:31I love that there's a song about me.
06:38I'm here with a musical genius, John Batiste.
06:42I'm so happy to see you.
06:44I'm glad to be here.
06:45Incredible.
06:45I mean, you've won so many awards.
06:47It's just astonishing.
06:49I love that picture where you had five Grammys for one album.
06:53It was just incredible.
06:54What did it feel like?
06:55It's a gift.
06:56I love to make music that changes who you are, and it changes the world around you, and
07:01it brings people together.
07:03Tell me, I love this term, and I'm not sure exactly what it is.
07:07What are love riots?
07:08Love riots are musical processionals where the band, my band, will move and play, and
07:16we'll gather people along, and we'll sometimes bring people who have a certain energy.
07:20You know, we call those crowd pushers.
07:22Movers, spiritual shakers.
07:24Are we talking on the street?
07:26On the street, in subways, everywhere.
07:28It comes from the tradition of New Orleans' second line, but I created my own ritual based
07:33on that.
07:34And it started, I think, when you were at Juilliard, right?
07:38Yeah, yeah.
07:38And you would, I mean, you were doing this classical music, you know, learning everything you
07:42could, and then going to the subway and having love riots.
07:45Yeah, you know, I was a disruptor from the inside.
07:49I went to Juilliard, but, you know, I grew up in a family of musicians who were my mentors
07:54were all about exploring the music, experimenting with music, pushing the boundaries of it, mixing
07:59and matching things to your expression.
08:01So tell me about American Symphony.
08:03How did that come about?
08:04So I decided to create a brand new vision of what a symphony orchestra is.
08:11So I took the symphony, the classical symphony you'll see, and I melded it to create this
08:17new age orchestra of indigenous folk musicians and marching band musicians and, you know,
08:22modular synth programmers.
08:25There's never been this collection of musicians in this way for one night only performance.
08:31And the approach was really to make something that was pluribus unum out of many one.
08:37And in the middle of it, you had a surprise, didn't you?
08:40Well, the power on stage goes out.
08:45Power went out.
08:47Nobody knows.
08:48So what did you do?
08:49And I started to improvise on the piano, and I stalled for maybe 20 minutes, 15 or 20 minutes
08:54or so, until the power came on.
08:56That moment felt as if everything could fall apart and never happen again.
09:06That's just one of those instinct moments, I guess.
09:09And that's where you find out that you're better than even you imagined, right?
09:13Yeah, you got to learn.
09:14What is that for you in terms of your craft?
09:17Do you see it as a craft or do you see it more as a labor of love?
09:21How do you see getting better at it?
09:23Because for me, those moments, I live for those even though I dread those.
09:28Every time I have a dinner party, I always think I'm never going to be able to do this.
09:33I give myself a challenge, and I always think, oh, it's going to be a total disaster.
09:39And when it's done, and everybody has a wonderful time, and the food is delicious, I'm like, whew.
09:46I mean, it's not playing in front of an audience without any preparation, but in my own small
09:52way, it is.
09:53Do you see similarities between food and music?
09:55I see certain food, certain foundational foods as key centers.
10:02Yeah.
10:02Like rice is C major.
10:04Do you really?
10:05Yeah, it's just like, you know, rice.
10:07Yeah.
10:07You know, it's just like.
10:12It's like the base of it.
10:13And then you got pasta.
10:17D flat.
10:22You hear it?
10:23I love that.
10:24I love that you see this food.
10:26It's all about finding how to blend the elements just like a good dish.
10:34Yeah.
10:34What engages you more, writing music or playing music?
10:37Or is it basically the same thing?
10:39I love to rehearse.
10:40I love to record also.
10:42But I really love to rehearse.
10:47You really can get inside the music and it is a moment where the musicians can experiment
10:54and you can be raw.
10:55You can be raw.
10:56You can just find it.
10:59Your lovely wife, Suleika, and you have had such a love story, but it's been the highest
11:04highs and the lowest lows.
11:06She's had such terrible health problems.
11:08How do you take care of each other?
11:10Yes.
11:11Well, you know, creativity and using that as an act of survival through her journaling practice,
11:20through her memoirs, through her painting, for me, composition, obviously performance.
11:24And we're just grateful to God that we have this blessing of each other and the art to use as
11:30this superpower.
11:32And we try to marshal that superpower to also illuminate the path for other people who are going through stuff.
11:37Everybody, as Suleika says, has life interruptions, a not regularly scheduled programming.
11:45That's a great description.
11:46You know.
11:47Exactly.
11:47Not what you planned.
11:48So you gave one of the most extraordinary commencement speeches I've ever heard.
11:53And you advised the students to make a list of words that describe them and then connect the dots.
12:01And that's the way their lives should go.
12:03When you make those connections, that's your integrity.
12:08When you make those connections, that's who you are in its rawest sense.
12:13And you gave a list of who you were.
12:15Do you remember what the words were?
12:18Petrichor, Forrest Gump, New Orleans foods like red beans and rice.
12:23Oh, yeah.
12:24You ever had New Orleans-style red beans and rice?
12:25I've never had New Orleans-style red beans and rice.
12:28Oh.
12:29Am I in for a treat?
12:30Yeah, yeah.
12:32Whoa.
12:32Oh, oh, I know.
12:36Oh, I know.
12:40Oh, I know.
12:45You heard it?
12:46That's nice, aren't you?
12:47That was great.
12:48I heard something.
12:49I heard something.
12:50Do you sing?
12:52Oh, God.
12:53You sing harmonies, though?
12:54No, I don't sing at all.
12:55You sing harmonies?
12:56It's like we went like, yeah.
12:58And you went, yeah.
13:00Can't do it.
13:01Yeah.
13:01Can't do it.
13:02Wow.
13:03You don't sing.
13:04Horrifying.
13:05Wow.
13:06Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:10What about that one?
13:11I can't do it.
13:13Never happened.
13:16There was one screaming from the room.
13:18Yeah, I feel it.
13:19I feel it.
13:20I love it.
13:25So John promised to show me his mother's red beans and rice.
13:28I've never had it, so here we go.
13:30So I think the pot's hot.
13:31Yeah, it's hot.
13:32What do you put in?
13:33You put some olive oil.
13:34It's three tablespoons.
13:36Oh, you know, I don't really use these things when I cook.
13:38I've never known how to measure anything, so just go for it.
13:41I just look at the situation.
13:43So then we just put all this in?
13:44Yeah, you put the vegetables in there.
13:46Okay, shall I do it?
13:47And just dump it in there.
13:47Just dump it in?
13:48Yeah.
13:49Just go for it?
13:49Yeah.
13:50Steph Curry.
13:51Oh.
13:52Oh, oh!
13:53Oh, ten points.
13:55Oh!
13:56That's fire.
13:58Okay.
13:59Oh!
14:00We in the playoffs now.
14:02You can't miss.
14:03And the garlic?
14:04Yeah, yeah.
14:04Okay.
14:05Put the garlic in there.
14:05Ooh, ooh, see that?
14:07And you've got to do it with some panache, some zest.
14:09Oh, I'm sorry.
14:10I'm just throwing it in.
14:11You've got to do it.
14:12That's why the music, when it's playing in the back.
14:15Okay, so that's the onions, celery, peppers, and garlic.
14:19Yes, and garlic.
14:20Okay.
14:20So these have to cook a little bit?
14:21Yeah, yeah, just for a little while.
14:23Not so long.
14:24Just saute them.
14:25But we should put some water in here now.
14:27Okay.
14:27Once you start to see them get a little bit soft and they're relaxing to the party.
14:32Yeah, just go ahead and dump that in there.
14:34Uh-oh.
14:34That's that.
14:35All of it?
14:36Yeah, yeah.
14:37Okay.
14:38There you go, hole in one.
14:39You can see the color of the water.
14:41Yeah.
14:41My mother would tell me, you know, you could tell the proportions by the color of the water.
14:47That should look like a swamp.
14:48Does that look like a swamp?
14:50Yeah.
14:50You ever been to the swamp?
14:51No.
14:54She looked like a swamp.
14:55I believe you, though.
14:56I'm trying to get you to sing.
14:57Oh, no, you're never going to get me to sing.
14:59Ever.
14:59What about if you just say the word one?
15:01One.
15:02One.
15:03One.
15:04Say it long.
15:04One.
15:05One.
15:06One.
15:07One.
15:07One.
15:08Oh, wait, you heard it?
15:09One singular sensation.
15:11Oh, see, it's happening.
15:15One.
15:16So these are red kidney beans?
15:17Red kidney beans.
15:18Okay.
15:18So now, you see it's already piping up, so I'm going to put the spices in.
15:22Again, there are measurements for this, but I'm just doing my thing.
15:26Okay.
15:26I think that's part of the charm of it, right?
15:28Yeah.
15:29So we're going to go in here.
15:31That's turmeric.
15:32That's a...
15:33It gives it like a deep flavor.
15:34Yeah.
15:34And that's not usually in everybody's recipe.
15:37Okay.
15:38That's a Catherine Baptiste special.
15:40So does your mother's red beans and rice come from her father?
15:43You know, so my mother is incredible because she is super curious and researches all types
15:49of different qualities in food and different cultures in food.
15:53She was an environmentalist before she retired.
15:56Yeah.
15:56So she would take all these traditional New Orleans recipes and reinvent them.
16:01Well, this is what you do.
16:02To make them.
16:03With music.
16:03Exactly.
16:04That's amazing.
16:05It's a similar...
16:05I got that from her.
16:07So John put in Cajun spices and this is cayenne pepper, which is really hot.
16:13Fire like cayenne.
16:15Anna.
16:16Where Anna.
16:17Get your attention.
16:19Yeah, yeah.
16:19You got to have it hot.
16:20Wait a minute.
16:21There's something on the board here.
16:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:23That's a sprinkle of parsley.
16:24The parsley?
16:25Should I put it in?
16:26Yeah, you could believe a little bit of it out.
16:28You want some later.
16:29Okay.
16:30How's that?
16:31Yeah, that's a nice vibration.
16:32Woo!
16:34Look at it.
16:34Look.
16:35See it now?
16:35That's perfect.
16:36It's looking swampy.
16:37That's going to be a good batch.
16:40I never knew I wanted swampy food, but I do.
16:42Yeah, that's like a swampy one.
16:44Who that?
16:44Where you at?
16:45Uh-huh.
16:45So how long does this cook for?
16:46A couple hours.
16:47A couple of hours?
16:48Yeah.
16:48The longer it cooks, the more the flavor seep in.
16:51Yeah.
16:51You know the swamp.
16:52Yeah.
16:53It all comes together.
16:55Yeah.
16:55Simmer down.
16:56But I think you made one for us, right?
16:58Oh, yeah, yeah.
16:59Is it this one?
17:00Yeah.
17:00Yeah.
17:01Okay.
17:01Here we go.
17:02Let's see what this looks like.
17:03Let's see what we at.
17:05Ta-da!
17:06Woo!
17:07Is that what it looks like?
17:07You see how it all came together to a burgundy, reddish, brown, red bean.
17:12That looks amazing.
17:13Swamp bean.
17:15It's amazing that this becomes that, right?
17:18Yeah.
17:18So what's next?
17:19You want to mash some on the side because you want to have a...
17:22Oh, so it thickens it, right?
17:23Yeah.
17:24A base with some thickness and panache.
17:27Panache.
17:28I like panache.
17:28Yeah, see, look at that.
17:29You don't want it to be lethargic base like liquid rolling around on your plate.
17:34Then we put some sausages in it.
17:37This is like the last flavor cap so that unlocks superhero status for your beans.
17:43This is so good.
17:48So John and I are making his mother's red beans and rice, right?
17:52Wow.
17:53So what goes in next?
17:54You've got two kinds of sausages, right?
17:55Yeah, you put both of them in.
17:56Let's be adventurous.
17:57Turkey sausage.
17:58Turkey sausage?
17:59For the meat eaters, the carnivorous.
18:01And what kind of sausage is this?
18:02That's the andouille.
18:06How am I doing?
18:07Andouille.
18:08Yeah, andouille.
18:08That's the good stuff, right?
18:10Andouille, yeah, that's the good stuff.
18:11Great spice and great flavor.
18:13Yeah, yeah.
18:14Are these bay leaves going in?
18:15Yeah, you do the bay leaves.
18:16Bay leaves?
18:16Yeah.
18:17I like fresh bay leaves.
18:18And let's drop a little bit of that parsley in there.
18:20Okay, great.
18:21See that?
18:21Boom, boom, boom.
18:22Boom, boom, boom.
18:23Boom, boom, boom.
18:24Boom, boom, boom.
18:25You see that?
18:26That helps.
18:26It gives it more flavor, right?
18:28So I'll stir and use...
18:29And you...
18:31Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
18:32Boom, boom, boom.
18:34Stir it.
18:39Isn't that gorgeous?
18:40That's gorgeous.
18:40I love that.
18:42Okay.
18:42Okay, you see, this would take an hour or so, you know, the flavors to kind of come together.
18:47So I came last night.
18:49You broke in?
18:50Yeah, I broke in.
18:51You can break into my house anytime you want.
18:55That's not an invitation to anybody else.
18:57No, definitely not.
18:58Definitely not.
18:59And I made a batch...
19:01Oh, look at this.
19:02...that is advanced into the future of where this is heading.
19:06How about if I do this?
19:07I'll do the tough work here.
19:08Oh, you want to switch it?
19:09Whoa, whoa, whoa.
19:11Whoa, whoa.
19:11That's the whole swamp, Brendan.
19:13That's all of it.
19:14Okay.
19:15Gator country.
19:17Yeah.
19:18And this is after it's cooked.
19:20It's good and swampy.
19:21Yeah, yeah.
19:22You see that texture?
19:23Yeah.
19:23It's like a thick stew.
19:25Yes.
19:26Fabulous.
19:26And you put that over the rice.
19:27So the rice doesn't go in.
19:28It's served on top of the rice.
19:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:30Much better idea.
19:31You see?
19:31So I have all this cooked rice in my little rice cooker.
19:34Boom.
19:35Boom.
19:37Like that?
19:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:39Okay.
19:39That's a nice ratio, actually.
19:41Mm-hmm.
19:45How are we doing?
19:46Do you need a ladle?
19:47Yeah, if they have one.
19:48Yeah, I got a ladle.
19:50You're asking me if I have a ladle?
19:51Yeah, I'm Shluf.
19:52I'm Ina Garten.
19:53I know you got the ladles.
19:55Whoa.
19:57Whoa.
19:59Doctor?
19:59Hey, wow.
20:01Ladle?
20:03Great.
20:04Okay.
20:05Okay.
20:06Okay.
20:06This is going to be so good.
20:08Yes, indeed.
20:10I mean, how good does this look?
20:11Oh, my goodness.
20:12Would your mother approve?
20:13Yeah, yeah.
20:14Oh, would you take a picture and send it to her?
20:16Let's do a selfie with her red beans and rice.
20:19Okay, there we go.
20:20Look at that.
20:21Yeah.
20:22Oh, hey, Mom.
20:25Isn't that great?
20:26That's great.
20:27Cheers.
20:28What a dream.
20:29Mm-hmm.
20:31Oh, my God.
20:33That is crazy good.
20:34That is so...
20:35You just threw stuff in and it came out like this?
20:38Yeah, you got to feel it, huh?
20:40Are you going to play?
20:41In song.
20:42Oh, yeah.
20:44Oh, yeah.
20:45Oh, yeah.
20:53Oh, yeah.
20:53Oh, yeah.
20:53Oh, yeah.
20:54Oh, yeah.
20:54Oh, yeah.
20:54Oh, yeah.
20:56Oh, yeah.
20:56Oh, yeah.
20:57Oh, yeah.
20:57Oh, yeah.
21:00We cook.
21:01I've definitely been making this.
21:02We slam it.
21:03Oh, yeah.
21:03Oh, yeah.
21:03Oh, yeah.
21:03Oh, yeah.
21:04Oh, yeah.
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