Press Play: Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

Discovery, Inc.

Food, Arts

4.9 • 760 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Today, we’re excited to feature a special episode of Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, one of our favorite podcasts! On Wiser Than Me, Julia shares funny, heartfelt conversations with iconic older women who bring the unapologetic wisdom and confidence that only comes with age.

On this episode of Wiser Than Me, Julia gets enlightened by our very own Ina Garten. From working on nuclear policy at the White House and operating her famous specialty food store Barefoot Contessa, to penning best-selling books and hosting hit TV shows – Ina has done it all. Her culinary influence goes beyond technique; it's about simplicity and connection. Ina shares how aging has changed her taste in food and how she deals with passive-aggressive people.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Janice from Warner Brothers Discovery. Hello, be my guest listeners. Today we have something
0:06.6	special for you. We're sharing an episode from the hit podcast, Wiser Than Me, with Julia
0:11.7	Louis Dreyfus. In Wiser Than Me, Julia talks with incredible older women who bring humor, honesty,
0:18.8	and the kind of wisdom that only comes with age. Women like Jane
0:22.7	Fonda, Isabelle Iande, Catherine O'Hara, and in this episode, none other than our own Ina Garten.
0:30.2	Julia and Ina chat about Ina's amazing journey, from working on nuclear policy at the White
0:35.2	House to owning Barefoot contessa and then becoming a
0:38.2	best-selling author and TV host. Ina shares what simplicity and connection mean to her in cooking,
0:43.7	how her tastes have changed with age, and even how she handles passive-aggressive behavior.
0:49.2	It's a wonderful conversation, and we can't wait for you to hear it. After listening,
0:53.9	be sure to search for
0:54.8	wiser than me wherever you get your podcasts to enjoy more of Julia's inspiring series.
1:02.4	Once in our travels when I was a little girl of about eight, I think, when my daddy, Tom,
1:08.6	was a surgeon on the Hope Hospital ship, we were living in Tunisia.
1:14.3	And I remember very vividly that I was so upset with my mom because she said I had to finish
1:21.1	my dinner before I had dessert, which made no sense at all. And there was another couple there who were working with my dad.
1:30.5	And the woman in the couple said, well, how about I take you out for lunch, just you and me,
1:36.7	and then you can have dessert first. And so that was very appealing, as you can imagine. And I did. We went to lunch, and I ordered a huge hot fudge Sunday. I mean, just huge, and I just gobbled that fucker up. And then when it was time to actually order lunch, well, I couldn't really order lunch because I was too full. But I assure you of one thing, I did not learn a lesson that
2:04.6	day. I've always been a true and deep lover of sweets and desserts. In fact, one of my earliest memories
2:13.7	is of these peanut butter cookies that my grandma Didi made for me, you know, the kind that
2:20.0	have the fork imprint on them. I still have her handwritten index card with the cookie
2:25.7	recipe. Well, actually, I think I have it. I don't know where it is. My mom may have it. I don't
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