Ina Garten Quotes
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My favorite fall or winter lunch is big steaming bowls of soup. I usually invite people for around 12:30 and have two hearty soups like shrimp corn chowder and lentil sausage soup, which can be made a day or two ahead.
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Grilled cheese and tomato soup is the ultimate comfort meal.
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I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.
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I always like to have flowers on the table. I think they make it look special.
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People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance.
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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.
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You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!
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I've lived in the Hamptons since 1978, when I first bought my store Barefoot Contessa.
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In the summer you want fresh, light and sort of quick things; in winter you want things that are comforting, so your body really tells you you want to go towards potatoes, apples, fennel, things that are warm and comforting. And loin of pork.
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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.
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Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have!
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When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.