>>> WE’RE BACK WITH "TODAY" FOOD
ON THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A DRINK,
NOT JUST FOOD BUT A DRINK TO
KEEP YOU MERRY AND BRIGHT, WELL,
WE’VE GOT JUST WHAT YOU NEED AND
WHO YOU NEED.
>> BEEN WAITING ALL MORNING FOR
THIS SEGMENT.
HERE WE GO.
THERE SHE IS.
LET’S BRING IN SANTA’S SPECIAL
HELPER, THE ONE AND ONLY INA
GARTEN.
SHE CAME UP WITH TWO IDEAS,
ALCOHOLIC AND NON-ALCOHOLIC.
INA, GOOD MORNING AND MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF
YOU, TOO.
>> LET’S GET THE ALCOHOLIC ONE
OUT OF THE WAY.
>> DOES IT HAVE TO BE
NON-ALCOHOLIC?
SPICED APPLE CIDER.
WHAT I DID FOR FIVE MINUTES, I
SIMMERED REALLY GOOD APPLE
CIDER, NOT APPLE JUICE, BUT THE
REAL THING, WITH A LITTLE PEPPER
CORNS AND CLOVES AND CINNAMON, A
LITTLE ORANGE ZEST.
SO ALL OF THOSE SPICES GET INTO
IT.
I’M JUST GOING TO STRAIN THEM
NOW.
IT SMELLS GOOD.
I WISH WE HAD SMELL-A-VISION.
THEN I’M GOING TO POUR IT INTO A
GLASS.
A PRETTY GLASS, SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
AND DOES IT HAVE TO BE
NON-ALCOHOLIC?
I USUALLY PUT A LITTLE BOURBON
IN.
>> NOW YOU’RE TALKING,
HOMEMAKER.
>> LIKE A TABLESPOON OF BOURBON
BECAUSE IT HAS THAT CARMELY
THING THAT’S REALLY GOOD.
>> CUP OF BOURBON.
>> THAT WOULDN’T BE BAD.
AND THEN I JUST PUT A LITTLE
ORANGE AND APPLE AND A CINNAMON
STICK IN IT AS A STIRRER.
AND THAT’S THE DRINK.
>> THAT’S DELICIOUS.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> I’LL TASTE IT AND SEE IF IT’S
ANY GOOD.
>> LET US KNOW.
>> I WISH YOU WERE HERE.
>> WE DO, TOO.
>> OKAY, THAT’S THE NONALCOHOLIC
ONE.
>> CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE ONE
WITH ALCOHOL.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT’S THE LONG ISLAND ICED
TEA.
>> WE CALL IT ICED TEA.
SO WHAT I’M MAKING IS A
POMEGRANATE GIMLET.
THE FIRST THING I NEED IS A
PITCHER.
I’M GOING TO MAKE A LOT.
1 1/2 CUPS OF GIN.
THIS IS FOR SERIOUSLY LATER.
ONE CUP OF POMEGRANATE JUICE.
YOU CAN BUY IT IN THE STORE.
I LOVE THE COLOR OF IT.
IT’S GOOD FOR YOU, RIGHT?
>> SURE.
>> ONE CUP OF FRESHLY SQUEEZED
LIME JUICE.
>> OOH.
>> FRESHLY SQUEEZED, RIGHT.
LITTLE BIT OF SUGAR SYRUP, ABOUT
HALF A CUP.
THAT’S ONE CUP OF SUGAR, ONE CUP
OF WATER COOKED UNTIL THE SUGAR
DISSOLVES AND CHILL IT.
DOESN’T THAT LOOK LIKE
CHRISTMAS?
>> DELICIOUS.
>> THEN I HAVE A BIG COCKTAIL
SHAKER.
JUST GOING TO POUR IT INTO A
COCKTAIL SHAKER.
SHAKE IT UP.
AND I HAVE ONE MORE THING.
I ALWAYS FREEZE THE GLASSES.
I’M GOING TO GO GET IT.
>> AH.
>> VERY CLASSY.
>> LEAVE IT TO YOU, INA.
>> IS THAT A DUMB QUESTION?
>> THAT’S THE COCKTAIL SHAKER,
YEAH.
I’M GOING TO SHAKE IT FOR ABOUT
15 SECONDS, IF YOU CAN WAIT 15
SECONDS.
IT’S NICE AND COLD.
ACTUALLY, ALSO, DILUTE IT A
LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS NICE.
>> YOU USED GIN.
CAN YOU USE VODKA OR ANY LIQUOR
YOU’D LIKE?
>> YOU CAN USE VODKA.
I USUALLY DO.
HI, HODA.
>> HI, HONEY.
>> HODA AND I HAD A GREAT TIME
THE OTHER DAY.
>> WE DID.
WE TALKED ABOUT INA’S BOOK.
>> "THE COMFORT" FOOD BOOK?
>> HER FAN BASE IS INSANE.
I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
IT.
>> WHATEVER MEAL YOU THINK
YOU’VE HAD, YOU MAKE IT OUT OF
INA’S BOOK, IT’S THE BEST
VERSION OF THAT MEAL.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
ISN’T THAT LOVELY?
THIS IS THE VERSION OF A
POMEGRANATE GIMLET ANYBODY EVER
HAD.
♪ IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE
CHRISTMAS ♪
>> IS THAT CHRISTMASSY ENOUGH, A
LITTLE LIME?
WE’RE READY FOR CHRISTMAS.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS, INA.
>> THANK YOU ALL OF YOU.
YOU MAKE US VERY HAPPY.
>> YOU WILL BE FEELING NO PAIN
IN MOMENTS.
>> THIS IS THE AFTERNOON DRINK.