Ina Garten

I wanted to come to work in sneakers and an apron and bake cookies. And if they sell, great. If they don't sell, we'll bake something else. And it seemed to me like a big puzzle to figure out. And I love that.

I remember thinking at the time, this is crazy. I don't know how to run a specialty. I didn't even know how to run a store. I'd never had an employee before. I didn't know anything. So I made a deal with the owner that she would stay with me for a month and teach me what I needed to know. And she was a great teacher. And I remember thinking, do I really want to do this?

I remember thinking at the time, this is crazy. I don't know how to run a specialty. I didn't even know how to run a store. I'd never had an employee before. I didn't know anything. So I made a deal with the owner that she would stay with me for a month and teach me what I needed to know. And she was a great teacher. And I remember thinking, do I really want to do this?

I remember thinking at the time, this is crazy. I don't know how to run a specialty. I didn't even know how to run a store. I'd never had an employee before. I didn't know anything. So I made a deal with the owner that she would stay with me for a month and teach me what I needed to know. And she was a great teacher. And I remember thinking, do I really want to do this?

And Jeffrey said, if you do what you love, if you love it, you'll be really good at it. And I thought, okay, I'm going to go for it. And looking back behind me at running, you know, writing nuclear energy policy papers, just that wasn't an option anymore. So I thought, this may not be where I end up, but I'm going to start the process. And, you know, who knew? Yeah.

And Jeffrey said, if you do what you love, if you love it, you'll be really good at it. And I thought, okay, I'm going to go for it. And looking back behind me at running, you know, writing nuclear energy policy papers, just that wasn't an option anymore. So I thought, this may not be where I end up, but I'm going to start the process. And, you know, who knew? Yeah.

And Jeffrey said, if you do what you love, if you love it, you'll be really good at it. And I thought, okay, I'm going to go for it. And looking back behind me at running, you know, writing nuclear energy policy papers, just that wasn't an option anymore. So I thought, this may not be where I end up, but I'm going to start the process. And, you know, who knew? Yeah.

Who knew that's where it was going to end up?

Who knew that's where it was going to end up?

Who knew that's where it was going to end up?

What did you expect to happen? Even better, it gave me a life that was just so much fun, surrounded with people that I love to work with, doing something I really care about. taking care of people. I mean, in the store, we've made dinner for them, which was taking care of them. But writing cookbooks, I feel like I'm giving people the tools to make dinner for people around them.

What did you expect to happen? Even better, it gave me a life that was just so much fun, surrounded with people that I love to work with, doing something I really care about. taking care of people. I mean, in the store, we've made dinner for them, which was taking care of them. But writing cookbooks, I feel like I'm giving people the tools to make dinner for people around them.

What did you expect to happen? Even better, it gave me a life that was just so much fun, surrounded with people that I love to work with, doing something I really care about. taking care of people. I mean, in the store, we've made dinner for them, which was taking care of them. But writing cookbooks, I feel like I'm giving people the tools to make dinner for people around them.

So they create a community for themselves.

So they create a community for themselves.

So they create a community for themselves.

What was going on? Well, I think, you remember, we got married in 1968. Yeah. And the 70s women are kind of sorting things out. And when we got married, it was assumed that he would be the husband and I would be the wife and I would make dinner and he would do the finances and we would have kind of prescribed roles. And I think those roles kind of annoyed me in the 70s.

What was going on? Well, I think, you remember, we got married in 1968. Yeah. And the 70s women are kind of sorting things out. And when we got married, it was assumed that he would be the husband and I would be the wife and I would make dinner and he would do the finances and we would have kind of prescribed roles. And I think those roles kind of annoyed me in the 70s.

What was going on? Well, I think, you remember, we got married in 1968. Yeah. And the 70s women are kind of sorting things out. And when we got married, it was assumed that he would be the husband and I would be the wife and I would make dinner and he would do the finances and we would have kind of prescribed roles. And I think those roles kind of annoyed me in the 70s.

Even though Jeffrey thought of me as an equal, I just feel like, I don't know, we just had roles that we were playing. And then when I bought the store and I found I had my own business and I had my own life, I found those rules really confining. And so I just said to him, I just feel like I need to be on my own for a little while.