I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up. Ina Garten More Quotes by Ina Garten More Quotes From Ina Garten 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 overcook the turkey. It's better to do it on the side. Ina Garten turkeysbirdorder Take one flower that you like and get lots of them. And don't try to 'arrange' them. It's surprisingly hard to do a flower arrangement the way a florist does one. Instead, bunch them all together or put them in a series of small vases all down the table. Ina Garten flowertogethertrying 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. Ina Garten wintertwofall They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love. Ina Garten gardencookingpeople The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work! Ina Garten pastamakerstools The most important thing for having a party is that the hostess is having fun. I'm very organized. I make a plan for absolutely everything. I never have anything that has to be cooked while the guests are there. The only thing I might have to do is take something out of the oven and carve it. Ina Garten partyimportantfun 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. Ina Garten lightsummerwinter 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 partysittingtables The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I've been making it right for myself. Ina Garten motherhomedirty 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 I could turn this peach tart into a plum tart, but if I'm following a recipe, I follow it exactly. Ina Garten peachesrecipesmay I always have music. I love it to be very upbeat. When you're having drinks, I like something like Cesaria Evora. During dinner, I like the much more traditional - old Frank Sinatra and things like that. Ina Garten upbeatdinnerdrink I think there are two ways of eating, or cooking. One is restaurant food and one is home food. I believe that people have started making food that is easy that you want to eat at home. When you go out to a restaurant, you want to be challenged, you want to taste something new, you want to be excited. But when you eat at home, you want something that's delicious and comforting. I've always liked that kind of food - and frankly, that's also what I want to eat when I go out to restaurants, but maybe that's me. Ina Garten homebelievethinking With more and more fast food available, it takes an extra effort to cook delicious, healthy meals. I have always been a proponent of simple, easy food that doesn't take forever to cook so you really can eat well at home. Ina Garten effortsimplehome 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. Ina Garten make-or-breakmealsdecision People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance. Ina Garten takenhomefun I think the best shortcut is to choose really simple recipes. Because I think you can make simple recipes that are as delicious as complicated ones. Ina Garten recipessimplethinking I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties. Ina Garten partyinspirationuse I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself. Ina Garten holidaythanksgivingadore 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 officewhitefun You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry! Ina Garten puffscratcheswant
