The Lachey island is in full effect.
Hawaii doesn't suck.
No it doesn't.
(laughing)
I'm actually here. I miss you.
I'm in New York 'cause you can see
Central Park behind me.
Oh my God.
I can't believe you're in New York
and not Hawaii.
I know
And I'm here.
I'm flying to Hawaii.
I know.
(laughing)
I'm flying to Hawaii tomorrow.
Can you believe
there's a direct flight from New York?
It's like almost 10 hours.
So I'm going to catch up on all the things.
It'll be just me. No husband. No kids.
Just books and downloading.
You're gonna read for hours.
You're gonna watch like 29 shows.
You know what? I think I am in my mind,
but I'm probably gonna have like one cocktail
and sleep for nine hours straight.
(laughing)
Do you love Hawaii?
Yeah. You know what?
The island, they say,
people on the island say
the island either calls you or it doesn't.
And it's not a bad thing,
but you either just really connect.
And you, you feel like you've always meant to,
you were always meant to be there
or you're just like, this is a great place to vacation.
I just don't want to live here.
It
is calling me, has called me.
I am in it.
I've got my flip flops. I've got my beach hair.
I'm loving the food,
the culture,
the people,
the colors,
the flowers, the beaches.
And you guys are all together right?
We're all together.
They all moved.
We're all... the Lachey island is in full effect.
(laughing)
The Lachey island.
Yes.
That's funny.
And I didn't realize
how many boy band fans
there were in Oahu, but they love them some
98 Degrees girl.
(laughing)
(clapping)
Well, it's, it probably is 98 Degrees
more often than not.
They're also like,
all the moms at school are like,
"you guys wanna go to a beach playdate?"
and I'm just thinking they wanna see Nick
without his shirt on.
That's probably true also, but you know,
that's fine too.
That's fine too.
(laughing)
As long as everybody ends up
in the same house at the end of the day,
that's all fine and good.
That's all fine and good.
Exactly. It's my charity to the island.
Yes.
It's your gift.
Your gift. You share.
Yes. Here you go. Here's Mr. Lachey shirtless.
Yes, yes you share.
Here's my husband shirtless for you.
And then he's coming home with me.
Yeah.
(laughing)
Can we just start with the title?
'Cause it's so meaningful
and I just love the concept
behind this work.
This isn't just a cookbook you guys.
This is a life book.
It's about
how to build family and traditions
and
having respect
for life itself and the beauty of it
and living every day to its fullest.
Explain the title
"Life from Scratch:
Family Traditions That Start with You."
Makes me wanna cry.
It's so beautiful.
Your, your introduction makes me
get teared up and choked up because
I hope it touches people in a way
that you're explaining it.
And thank you for that Rachel.
You know,
the heart of the home is the kitchen.
And so
this book came about
because my mother left
when I was eight years old
and I've navigated not only my childhood
and adolescence and early twenties and thirties,
and now I'm in my forties without a mother,
but I've navigated moments.
My wedding.
My marriage.
Dating before all of that.
I was the girl that wore a white dress to a wedding.
I guess your mother tells you not to do that.
(laughing)
I was the one that went to a party
and didn't bring a hostess gift
or send a thank you card.
I guess your mother encourages you to do that
or someone in your life that is a maternal figure.
I, I finally had my first,
after Nick and I got married,
I finally, we had our first son,
Camden, who is now nine.
And I just,
I had before that realized, you know,
buck up and shut up, quit complaining.
The glass is not half full or half empty.
It's half full.
You've so many beautiful things to look forward to.
It's not, I didn't have a mom in my life.
It's I have an amazing group of friends.
I have this great guy who loves me for me.
And now, I have these amazing children.
And so the concept is that,
why can't it start with me?
Why can't I create...
That's right.
(clapping)
the stuff that I want from scratch?
And...
obviously the pun on the kitchen is
it started in the kitchen.
It started with dishes I would make for Nick
and then for the kids.
And in moments in our home
that we've like done from scratch
and ultimately realizing
that all of these positive habits
have become our lifelong family traditions.
(chimes ringing)