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Ina Garten Is Out Here Making Giant Cosmos, and I Love This Journey For Her

01/04/2020 - 10:55 PM
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Ina Garten is showing us all how to thrive in this period of social distancing. The beloved chef has been busy slathering her freezer waffles [3] with peanut butter and jelly, making ramen noodles from the pantry look gourmet [4], and, perhaps most importantly, enjoying her fair share of adult beverages. Truly sticking to the "it's 5 o'clock somewhere" mindset, Ina took to Instagram around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to share her favourite cocktail recipe — one that could easily serve four to five people but is solely intended for her, no less.

Sporting one of her signature blue button-down shirts, the Barefoot Contessa host began, "During these stressful times, it's really important to keep traditions alive. My favourite tradition is the cocktail hour." Same, Ina . . . same. She launched into her instructions for whipping up a cosmopolitan drink [5], pouring the ingredients into a giant glass pitcher while hilariously remarking, "You never know who's gonna stop by . . . wait a minute, nobody's stopping by."

Ina's famous cosmos call for the following four ingredients:

Once all the liquids were in the pitcher, she transferred most of the concoction into an oversize cocktail shaker that was half-filled with ice. "You have to shake it for 30 seconds," Ina instructed, quipping, "You have lots of time; it's not a problem." While mixing away, the queen of witty commentary added, "During a crisis, cocktail hour can be almost any hour," before pulling out the true pièce de résistance: a positively enormous martini glass to hold her light-pink drink.

I don't know about you, but now I can't stop dreaming about doing a virtual happy hour with Ina. Perhaps my invite won't get lost in the mail next time!


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