Ina Garten
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Thanks for including the pictures. Oh, thank you. Most memoirs have the pictures in the well, in the middle, and you have to sort out where's that picture from. Yes, yes, yes. My book designer, Mary Sarah Quinn, and I decided we wanted it to be a picture in the beginning of a chapter and a picture at the end of the chapter, and maybe even a recipe from the story.
Thanks for including the pictures. Oh, thank you. Most memoirs have the pictures in the well, in the middle, and you have to sort out where's that picture from. Yes, yes, yes. My book designer, Mary Sarah Quinn, and I decided we wanted it to be a picture in the beginning of a chapter and a picture at the end of the chapter, and maybe even a recipe from the story.
Jeffrey never told me what to do, which was so the opposite of what my upbringing was, where I was told how to do everything. He just made me feel like he believed that I could do anything and that... We would talk stuff out, and he would say, have you thought about this? And have you thought about that? And we would have a conversation about things.
Jeffrey never told me what to do, which was so the opposite of what my upbringing was, where I was told how to do everything. He just made me feel like he believed that I could do anything and that... We would talk stuff out, and he would say, have you thought about this? And have you thought about that? And we would have a conversation about things.
Jeffrey never told me what to do, which was so the opposite of what my upbringing was, where I was told how to do everything. He just made me feel like he believed that I could do anything and that... We would talk stuff out, and he would say, have you thought about this? And have you thought about that? And we would have a conversation about things.
So he just made me, right from the beginning, he would say to me, do what you love. If you love it, you'll be really good at it. Because he knows I have a lot of enthusiasm and energy for things. He was so ahead of his time, though. I mean, nobody was saying that then. Nobody was saying that in the 70s.
So he just made me, right from the beginning, he would say to me, do what you love. If you love it, you'll be really good at it. Because he knows I have a lot of enthusiasm and energy for things. He was so ahead of his time, though. I mean, nobody was saying that then. Nobody was saying that in the 70s.
So he just made me, right from the beginning, he would say to me, do what you love. If you love it, you'll be really good at it. Because he knows I have a lot of enthusiasm and energy for things. He was so ahead of his time, though. I mean, nobody was saying that then. Nobody was saying that in the 70s.
I mean, when I was, you know, when we got married in 1968, he said to me, you need to do something with your life, otherwise you won't be happy. And it's funny, the other day when I made number one on the New York Times bestseller list, he turned to me, he said, you know, you really need to do something with your life. It just reminded me where it started. Wow. It was just great.
I mean, when I was, you know, when we got married in 1968, he said to me, you need to do something with your life, otherwise you won't be happy. And it's funny, the other day when I made number one on the New York Times bestseller list, he turned to me, he said, you know, you really need to do something with your life. It just reminded me where it started. Wow. It was just great.
I mean, when I was, you know, when we got married in 1968, he said to me, you need to do something with your life, otherwise you won't be happy. And it's funny, the other day when I made number one on the New York Times bestseller list, he turned to me, he said, you know, you really need to do something with your life. It just reminded me where it started. Wow. It was just great.
After all these years. But he just thought I was very capable and I would be happy if my life was, you know, productive.
After all these years. But he just thought I was very capable and I would be happy if my life was, you know, productive.
After all these years. But he just thought I was very capable and I would be happy if my life was, you know, productive.
How crazy is that? How crazy is that? I know. I look back and I think they left it to 25-year-olds. I can't even understand it. Ina Garten was writing energy policies.
How crazy is that? How crazy is that? I know. I look back and I think they left it to 25-year-olds. I can't even understand it. Ina Garten was writing energy policies.
How crazy is that? How crazy is that? I know. I look back and I think they left it to 25-year-olds. I can't even understand it. Ina Garten was writing energy policies.
I think when I was working at the White House, actually the whole time I was in Washington, I was teaching myself how to cook just because I thought it was fun. And I was buying old houses and renovating them because I thought it was fun. And, you know, I think my work was serious, but it wasn't really fun. And so I did these other things.
I think when I was working at the White House, actually the whole time I was in Washington, I was teaching myself how to cook just because I thought it was fun. And I was buying old houses and renovating them because I thought it was fun. And, you know, I think my work was serious, but it wasn't really fun. And so I did these other things.
I think when I was working at the White House, actually the whole time I was in Washington, I was teaching myself how to cook just because I thought it was fun. And I was buying old houses and renovating them because I thought it was fun. And, you know, I think my work was serious, but it wasn't really fun. And so I did these other things.