Ina Garten Quotes


You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry! - Ina Garten


When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics. - Ina Garten


They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love. - Ina Garten


There's something really wonderful about a party where you help yourself. Of course, first you get what you really want. But 'family style' service also really encourages people to connect with one another. - Ina Garten


The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought. - Ina Garten


The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work! - Ina Garten


The most important thing for having a party is that the hostess is having fun. I'm very organized. I make a plan for absolutely everything. I never have anything that has to be cooked while the guests are there. The only thing I might have to do is take something out of the oven and carve it. - Ina Garten


The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I've been making it right for myself. - Ina Garten


Take one flower that you like and get lots of them. And don't try to 'arrange' them. It's surprisingly hard to do a flower arrangement the way a florist does one. Instead, bunch them all together or put them in a series of small vases all down the table. - Ina Garten


People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance. - Ina Garten


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