-Have a seat. We have lots to talk about.
-The last time I was here, we were in the other studio,
and this is just so amazing to see everyone.
-It's the greatest, yeah. -[ Cheers and applause ]
Thanks so much for being here.
-Oh, my God. I love you. -I love you so much.
What do we have to get into? We have so much to get into.
I'm going to start with Halloween
because I think I'm going to see you this weekend.
-Yeah. -The kids are gonna hook up.
-The producers were like, you know,
"What are you gonna be doing for Halloween?"
I was like, "Ironically, I'll be with Jimmy."
-We're actually hanging out. -Yeah.
-Are they carving pumpkins? -We've been carving pumpkins.
We got hu-- This guy, weirdly,
got us a pumpkin at this pumpkin patch,
and we couldn't carry it.
-Wait. Sorry. You were at a pumpkin patch.
-Yes! -We're not surprised about that.
But then a guy -- -I love the patch!
-A guy got you a pumpkin?
-Weirdly, I had this whole life lesson
with Olive about letting it go.
We couldn't carry it.
You've got to, like, make your peace with it.
And she really did.
And then we got to the checkout stand,
and this guy wheelbarrowed it up,
and we both started crying.
[ Laughter ]
-Because you already said goodbye to that pumpkin.
-And she had, like, learned to love and let go.
And then I started crying, and then we were like,
"It's a Halloween miracle!"
-Miracle! Oh, my God. A Halloween miracle. Please.
-And then he had this beautiful, like, Jesus around his neck.
And I started having, like, a religious moment.
-Oh, my God. -I did.
-You thought it was Jesus bringing you a pumpkin?
-Yes! And I was like, "Thank you so much."
Then here is the weirdest thing. I was like -- First of all --
Then also as a parent, I started spiraling.
I wanted to be like, "I don't know. This isn't the lesson.
This isn't the lesson!"
The lesson was let it go!
Not you get it!
-You get anything you want.
-So I'm, like, paralyzed as a parent,
like, not knowing how to handle this situation.
I want to make it okay for him. I want her to learn her lesson.
I -- And then also I'm like, "I got to pay you back.
I want to say thank you." He's like, "No."
And I'm like, "Can I get your phone number
just so I can, you know, pay you back and say..."
"No." He wanted nothing. -Wow.
And then he just walked on water away from you guys.
-Yes! 100%!
-That was really -- It was him or Peter Sellers.
[ Laughter ]
-Chauncey Gardiner! -Chauncey Gardiner.
I knew you'd like that one.
-The Halloween miracle. -The Halloween miracle.
So you got a giant pumpkin.
-Yes! -I wanna see this.
-And then we carved it, and we saved all the seeds,
and we had this whole ceremony.
And I said, you know, we can't send him a picture,
and he didn't want anything in return,
because, you know, he's a saint.
Literally.
-He's not real, yeah. Of course.
-If he ever hears this story,
like, you really made me and my daughter cry.
And the pumpkin's beautiful.
And it did make us believe in miracles.
-Yeah. Why not?
"The Pumpkin Miracle." I love that.
Look for it next holiday season.
-Coming to Hallmark Channel. -Coming to Hallmark.
I want to talk about your cookbook.
I know how hard you worked on this thing.
I know how much you love cookbooks.
You have a cookbook collection.
We both have read cookbooks together.
-You and I are big -- -I'm obsessed with cookbooks.
-Ever since -- I mean,
we've known each other for a very long time.
And you have always felt like
chefs are rock stars, and I feel the same way.
Like, I'm very intimidated, blown away by, and, like,
[ Gasps ] "That chef just walked in!"
-Yeah. I love it. I think they're almost like athletes.
-Yes! -You come here and you go like,
"Oh, I can throw a football." And you go, "Not really.
Drew Brees can throw a football."
And then you've got a chef who comes on.
You go like, "I know how to make pasta."
You go, "No, you don't have to make --" It's just amazing.
-Who are your heroes? And a lot of mine --
And I also think the food industry is so nurturing,
and they take care of each other and they take care of us
and there are memories to be made and food is a privilege.
So it's just been something
that's been at the forefront of my universe.
But I didn't want to pretend to be the,
you know, me and my kitchen.
I'm so not that guy. -No.
-So I put 300 of my personal photographs.
I wrote the whole thing with Pilar.
It's very personal. -Yeah.
-And I took that picture.
And I was like, "How can I make a book that isn't going to
give me imposter syndrome into a world
I'm so humble and freaked out about?"
And so it's very personal, which made it take so much more work.
-Yeah, because you were like, "I'm not just going to throw
something out there just to have a cookbook out there."
-Writing hundreds of pages.
There is -- By the way, there's me at the patch.
-Wait. This can't be -- This is not this recent.
-That's a different pumpkin.
-What?! -Yeah.
That's the year before.
-Did a man give this to you?
-No. And guess what.
That pumpkin did not come home with me.
He stayed there in the patch.
-So you just gave it love and then let it be.
-Yeah. -That's another --
-'Cause who is carrying that?
There's no one to help you.
It's you and a wheelbarrow.
Unless the saint comes along.
-Yeah, yeah, a miracle comes along.
-And I love food, and I love cooking, and I --
-I did make this one, by the way, the pasta.
The creamy, like, lemon and the peas.
-It's the best. It's a [Italian accent] mascarpone.
[ Normal voice ] This is my favorite cheese
to cook pasta with, and I love adding the --
-And they're also the band tonight.
Mascarpone is here.
[ Laughter ]
-By the way, talk about, like, I got shy.
I saw them in the hallway and I was like, "Oh, wow.
They look really cool."
[ Laughter ]
-They were saying the same about you.
-Oh, no.
-I think you're doing such a great job on the show.
You know I watch.
I'm a religious -- I watch your show every morning.
-I don't know what I would have done without you
because we were launching in a pandemic.
You were such a brother and guider.
-I go, "What other person would launch a show
during a pandemic except for you?"
But you did it.
-And we did this book in a pandemic.
And I think this is just a great time to not pretend,
but peel back the layers and be more ourselves than ever
and celebrate our little, beautiful, weird individuality
and cheer each other on and share our lives and experiences.
I was so optimistic in the pandemic
when people were cooking the same things together online
to have some form of community.
That gave me a sign, like, maybe I should proceed
with this project and create an intimacy and not a veneer.
-Yeah. It is very you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
"Rebel Homemaker."
"Rebel Homemaker" is the name of the book.
November 2nd it is out. [ Cheers and applause ]
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