Ina Garten Says You Can Either Get on Her Train or Get Out of the Way

I love working scared, because it keeps me up at night. I ask myself one question: Is it going to be fun?

I wanted to have gorgeous photographs, and then you looked at the recipe and you thought, I could actually make that recipe.

I don't like complicated food, and I don't like tasting menus. They give me a headache.

I'm really conscious that I want every conversation to have things that the listener can take away. I think it's really important to ask questions you don't know the answer to.

I had a very tough childhood, and it was lonely, and it was. I'm always trying to recreate what I what I craved when I was a kid. Marcus Samuelsson ended up from the worst thing that could possibly happen to you. He lost his mother when he was three.

I think I sold the store because I knew how to do it. I don't expand it. I do it sequentially.

I think my husband taught me, because I think as a child I was always taught that whatever I wanted to do was a bad idea. When I hear that voice, I say, Oh, that's my mother's voice. That's not my voice. You're either on my train or just get off. Get out of my way.

I remember thinking how crazy it was to disagree with the top cookbook editor in the country. Either I'm wrong, and he'll never have to see me again, or I'm right, and he'll think I'm a genius.

You have Martha. You don't need me to be Martha. You need me to be me.

I admire her enormously. I think what she created is stunning, and she did it with vision.

We're friendly. We're not. There's no antipathy.

It's just not who I am. And you know what? That's what other people do.

I adore Bobby Flay. He's just extraordinary.

I loved walking up Madison Avenue one day, and a woman, big. For a coat was like, Oh, darling, love your cookbooks. Gen Zers are just desperate to to cook and entertain now and and be together with their friends.

The only thing I advocate is do exactly what feels right to you. Period. I refused to take home ec, and I took shop. I could actually make a case that I'm really lucky that I'm interested in a field where women excel.

I think it would have been difficult, and I think Jeffrey and I would have had a different life together. I've never looked back on the decision and thought I should have done it differently.

Never. Never. Never. I can't even imagine doing that. I love what I do. I love getting up in the morning and having a challenge for the day.