Ina Garten

If I'm making, like, an Italian soup, ribollita. I'll just read a lot about ribollita, and then I'll put all the books away, and I'll start cooking.

So it's kind of what my idea of what ribollita should be.

So it's kind of what my idea of what ribollita should be.

And how I can make it taste better.

And how I can make it taste better.

Leveling it off.

Leveling it off.

Yeah, the detail. Yeah. I follow recipes exactly, even my own. I measure everything. And then, because once you've spent the time to make sure it's absolutely perfect, why do you want to start throwing ingredients in there?

Yeah, the detail. Yeah. I follow recipes exactly, even my own. I measure everything. And then, because once you've spent the time to make sure it's absolutely perfect, why do you want to start throwing ingredients in there?

You want it to be exactly right. That's right. Especially as a baker.

You want it to be exactly right. That's right. Especially as a baker.

My dad loved to have parties. Oh, he did? My mother hated it. Hated it. But it was my mother that had to give the parties. So it was always a struggle. It was always, I mean, she did parties because he liked his friends. But I think it was never a happy experience. And as soon as I got married, I was like, I remember being in our first house. It was a garden apartment in North Carolina. Yeah.

My dad loved to have parties. Oh, he did? My mother hated it. Hated it. But it was my mother that had to give the parties. So it was always a struggle. It was always, I mean, she did parties because he liked his friends. But I think it was never a happy experience. And as soon as I got married, I was like, I remember being in our first house. It was a garden apartment in North Carolina. Yeah.

And I remember looking around going, I can do anything I want to do now. For the first time, I have nobody criticizing me, nobody telling me what to do. I can do whatever I want. And I just wanted to have parties. So I just started teaching myself how to cook. It was then. It was then, literally as soon as I got married.

And I remember looking around going, I can do anything I want to do now. For the first time, I have nobody criticizing me, nobody telling me what to do. I can do whatever I want. And I just wanted to have parties. So I just started teaching myself how to cook. It was then. It was then, literally as soon as I got married.

Were you a food lover or did that really come? Not really. No. And I was never allowed to cook when I was a kid. Really? So I really didn't, I don't think I ever connected with it. I didn't know that it was something that would be fun to do at all. Well, I mean, I think when I was a kid, I didn't even know I would do anything.

Were you a food lover or did that really come? Not really. No. And I was never allowed to cook when I was a kid. Really? So I really didn't, I don't think I ever connected with it. I didn't know that it was something that would be fun to do at all. Well, I mean, I think when I was a kid, I didn't even know I would do anything.

So I thought, you know, I was kind of of the generation when when I was in college, I thought, well, I'm go to college and then I'll get married. And that's that. It was Jeffrey who's like who said to me, you need to figure out what to do with your life. He said, unless you do something, you're not going to be happy. And I was like, whoa, never, never even occurred to me.

So I thought, you know, I was kind of of the generation when when I was in college, I thought, well, I'm go to college and then I'll get married. And that's that. It was Jeffrey who's like who said to me, you need to figure out what to do with your life. He said, unless you do something, you're not going to be happy. And I was like, whoa, never, never even occurred to me.

I was 20, yeah. I was 20. So that was really the beginning of trying to figure out what I wanted to do.