Food is not about impressing people. It's about making them feel comfortable. — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties. — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance. — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work! — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere. — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
The planning is everything. Deciding which dishes you're going to prepare can turn into the make-or-break decision five days later, when you… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
My favorite fall or winter lunch is big steaming bowls of soup. I usually invite people for around 12:30 and have two… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
With more and more fast food available, it takes an extra effort to cook delicious, healthy meals. I have always been a… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I'm really a scientist. I follow recipes exactly - until I decide not to. And then I'll follow something else exactly. I… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I measure everything, because I always think that if I've spent so much time making sure this recipe was exactly the way… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I think the best shortcut is to choose really simple recipes. Because I think you can make simple recipes that are as… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I learned that the hardest party to pull off successfully is Saturday night dinner. This meal is expected to be elaborate: appetizers,… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I think that I had a very clear vision when I started writing cookbooks what I wanted it to be, and that… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
The most important thing for having a party is that the hostess is having fun. I'm very organized. I make a plan… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
When I first started writing cookbooks, I remember thinking to myself, what makes me think I can write a cookbook? There are… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
“First, it starts with simple ingredients. I always ask myself, “Does every ingredient earn its place in this recipe?” If I can’t… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I think there are two ways of eating, or cooking. One is restaurant food and one is home food. I believe that… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry! — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I love Alton Brown's show 'Good Eats,' about the chemistry of food. It's really thoughtful. — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that simply knocks me out. — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
“Food is about nurturing: not only physical but also emotional nurturing.” — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up. — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them -… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French… — Ina Garten Copy Share Image
It's so important that you don't put the stuffing in the bird, where in order for the stuffing to get cooked you have to… — Ina Garten Copy Share
Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make… — Ina Garten Copy Share
I'm really a scientist. I follow recipes exactly - until I decide not to. And then I'll follow something else exactly. I may decide… — Ina Garten Copy Share
I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible by cooking only to enhance their intrinsic… — Ina Garten Copy Share
I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer. — Ina Garten Copy Share
I think the best shortcut is to choose really simple recipes. Because I think you can make simple recipes that are as delicious as… — Ina Garten Copy Share
Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere. — Ina Garten Copy Share
