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“You can be miserable before you have a cookie and you can be miserable after you eat a cookie but you can't be miserable while you are eating a cookie.”
― Ina Garten
tags: food-love, humor
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“Food is about nurturing: not only physical but also emotional nurturing.”
― Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
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“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.”
― Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
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“Cooking is one of the great gifts you can give to those you love. It says “you’re important enough to me to spend the time and effort to cook for you.”
― Ina Garten, Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
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“A good home should gather you up in its arms like a warm cashmere blanket, soothe your hurt feelings, and prepare you to go back out into that big bad world tomorrow all ready to fight the dragons.”
― Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again: A Cookbook
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“Most of life's problems can be solved with a good cookie.”
― Ina Garten
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“cool to room temperature.”
― Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again: A Cookbook
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“I’d like to think that when I invite friends to my house, they know what I’m really saying is, “I love you; come for dinner.”
― Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family
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“TRADITIONS REASSURE US THAT WE BELONG TOGETHER,”
― Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family
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“big sofas for a nap on Sunday afternoon; comfy reading chairs with good light and a view out the window for daydreaming”
― Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again: A Cookbook
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“It doesn’t really matter what the occasion is—big or small—but it’s the connections that we have with people we love that nourish our souls. Entertaining isn’t just about making dinner parties. It’s about celebrating those connections and I think that’s what makes life worth living.”
― Ina Garten, Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
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“Everyone who makes this cake can’t believe how easy it is! The ricotta and sour cream keep the cake moist and the blueberries and lemon zest give it lots of flavor. Even if you’re having breakfast for dinner, you still need to have dessert, right?”
― Ina Garten, Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
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“First, it starts with simple ingredients. I always ask myself, “Does every ingredient earn its place in this recipe?” If I can’t clearly distinguish it or it doesn’t enhance the flavor of another ingredient, out it goes. Fewer ingredients mean less shopping and less prep time. Second, are they ingredients that you can easily find in a grocery or specialty food store? There’s no point in writing a simple recipe if it means you have to go to three different produce markets to find three different kinds of wild mushrooms in order to make the recipe. I’ve seen recipes that call for gelatin sheets (where do you find those, except in a restaurant kitchen?) or a teaspoon of glace de viande. When I see ingredients like that in a recipe, I just put the book back”
― Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa: How Easy Is That?
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Ina Garten
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Barefoot Contessa at Home
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