If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, its really like making a large chicken. – Ina Garten
I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. Its the only holiday I insist on making myself. – Ina Garten
I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because thats what gets a dinner party off to a fun start. – Ina Garten
My extravagance is my garden – its the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure. – Ina Garten
I love Alton Browns show Good Eats, about the chemistry of food. Its really thoughtful. – Ina Garten
The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe its something I had as a child or maybe its something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought. – Ina Garten
Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, its more important to make yourself feel good. – Ina Garten
I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a specialty food store, so I left Washington D.C. and moved to the Hamptons. And how glad I am that I did! – Ina Garten
