Ina Garten
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688 appearances
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 27 Jan
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He really appreciates it, which I love.
You know, I thought of it as a party. When you walked in the door, I wanted all of your senses engaged. I wanted you to smell something wonderful. I wanted you to see a wonderful display of produce. I wanted to hear great music, but it was old-fashioned like Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra or whatever was fun to listen to. There were samples of things all over the store so you could taste things.
And people would just come in just because it was fun. And I thought if they're going to come because it's fun, they'll always come when they're hungry. And I think that's what worked. It wasn't really about the food. It was about the feeling of being in the store.
You know, I didn't think anybody would want to watch me cook on TV, actually. Food Network kindly made me an offer, and I kept saying no, and they kept coming back. And there was someone there, Eileen Opetut, who just kept saying no. make me a better offer. And I kept saying to her, no, I just don't want to do this. And she just kept coming back.
And finally, I had heard about a show that somebody said was a really good cooking show. And it was Nigella Lawson's show. And unbeknownst to me, they went to London, found her producer, told me that they were coming to East Hampton on like in two weeks. And I was like, whoa, whoa. I said I wasn't going to do this. And Eileen said, just do 13 shows, thinking how hard could that be?
And they arrived on my doorstep. And I thought, OK, let's see what we can do. And one of the things I think about in life is you've got to jump in the pond. Right. You say no to things without really understanding. Like I said no to Instagram before I understood what it was. And I kept saying no about TV. I was just like, I love writing cookbooks. I want to keep doing that.
And I can't imagine being on TV.
I am the same person you see on TV. I found a coach recently. Right. Right.
Go ahead. Do you know what I believe? I think we should eat real food. And if it's delicious, it's worth cooking for. My favorite expression is, if you eat a low-fat diet, it's not that you live longer. It just seems longer.
Exactly. That's really daunting. You know what I would do is I'd make potato latkes. I think that would be great.
I do. And what you can do is you can prepare them in advance, put them on a sheet pan and reheat them in the oven, warm them in the oven.
Okay, I really don't know the answer to this, and I will say that I also wonder whether a bay leaf makes a difference. And there are a couple of things that I use bay leaves in, and I've always wanted to make them without the bay leaves to see if it made a difference, and I never have. So I'm not sure.
You know, what's really great is roast pork loins because they're very small and you can marinate them and roast them really simply. Serve them with like a potato and apple and fennel puree and some shaved Brussels sprouts. It'd be a great holiday meal. And it's not like cooking a whole ham.
I happen to know.
What happened was, and I actually started this at the store in the 80s. I started roasting Brussels sprouts instead of boiling them. And they were so good because they're like crispy and they're more like French fries. They're fantastic. So then I started, thought, well, if you can roast Brussels sprouts, maybe you can roast butternut squash. So we started roasting butternut squash. And
String beans. I mean, we roasted everything. And the best part is it's the easiest thing in the world. You put whatever vegetable it is on a sheet pan, olive oil, salt and pepper, and into the oven.
A hundred percent. I think it brings out the flavor, it caramelizes the sugars in it, and it's much more delicious.
A lot. I have drawers and drawers of scarves. She's absolutely right. I have them everywhere. I just love having a scarf around my neck. I just think it feels good. David, I was just thinking to myself, can we just do this again tomorrow? We can do it all day. This is so much fun. Okay. Thank you. Ina Garten, thank you so much. So much fun to talk to you, as always, David. Thank you.
The Oprah Podcast · Oprah and Ina Garten Share the Secrets to a Successful Life · 24 Dec 2024
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From you, Oprah, that's unbelievable. Thank you. I'm good. I've done everything I need to do in my life now. Thank you. Oh, it's so good.
Exactly. Yes. That's what I call the barn. But a few people have said barn isn't exactly what comes to mind when they say it.
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