86 Quotes by Ina Garten

I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It’s the only holiday I insist on making myself.

My extravagance is my garden – it’s the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.

I actually think that the food our mothers made may not be what we are nostalgic for. It’s more an emotional picture of a mother who was always there, knew what we needed, loved us, let us run free when we wanted to explore.

I love Alton Brown’s show ‘Good Eats,’ about the chemistry of food. It’s really thoughtful.

The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it’s something I had as a child or maybe it’s something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought.

I don’t like sitting at a table that’s too large, where everyone is too far apart. That’s a party killer.

When I wrote ‘Barefoot in Paris,’ I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.

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 actually serve the meal.

Food is about nurturing: not only physical but also emotional nurturing.