Simply Ina
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Before we talk about the book at all: what is the one dish you can make without looking at a recipe, and who taught you?
Was there a recipe in here you found yourself reading twice, not to cook it yet, just because it sounded good?
Ina's whole case is that simple is not lesser. Where in your own cooking have you been quietly overcomplicating things, and did reading this give you permission to stop?
Which of these recipes feels like it belongs to a specific season or weather for you, and what does that evening look like in your head?
Ina writes like she is talking to you across a kitchen counter. How did that voice land for you, and did it change how brave you felt about trying something new?
There is a difference between cooking to impress and cooking to take care of someone. Which one have you been doing lately, and how did this book sit with that?
Reading this cover to cover, what does Ina seem to believe a good life actually looks like, and how close is it to the one you want?
By the last pages you have a pretty clear sense of what she thinks is worth the effort and what is not. Did any of her choices gently challenge something you have been telling yourself about hospitality or hosting?