Welcome to Date Night in America

This week marks the release of a new cookbook from the New York Times, Easy Weeknight Dinners, and I was thrilled to speak with Emily Weinstein and Ali Slagle, two core members of the NYT Cooking crew.

Franco Fubini is the founder and CEO of Natoora, a high-end greengrocer connecting chefs and home cooks with some of the world’s best heritage produce through direct grower relationships.

Sarah Fennel is the self-taught baker and photographer behind the widely popular Broma Bakery, a “mostly” baking blog that she launched in 2010.

Today’s interview is so great. Dan Barber is the chef and co-owner of Family Meal at Blue Hill in Manhattan and of the legendary Blue Hill at Stone Barns.

Samantha Irby is a humorist, a TV writer, and the author of an incredible new essay collection, Quietly Hostile. Clare de Boer is the chef-owner of Stissing House, a restaurant located in New York’s Hudson Valley that we like very, very much.

Ina Garten joins us in the studio for a really fun conversation that dips into her excellent new memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, which is out this week.