Ina Garten shares her secret for a great dinner party: 6 people and round table

"I love cooking for people I love," Ina Garten says. "And the cooking is just the medium; the thing that I care about is the connection."

“I like when everybody’s knees are almost touching and it feels very intimate,” the Barefoot Contessa host says. Garten’s new memoir is Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

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“I like when everybody’s knees are almost touching and it feels very intimate,” the Barefoot Contessa host says. Garten’s new memoir is Be Ready When the Luck Happens.