What Ina Garten has said about Cookbook writing
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 15, 2026
Ina Garten, American cookbook author, television host and founder of Barefoot Contessa, has been quoted on Cookbook writing 2 times in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on October 15, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Garten says her first cookbook's mantra was simple reliable recipes, gorgeous photos and grocery-store ingredients.
“really simple recipes that I know will work every time, gorgeous photographs, and ingredients you can get in the grocery store”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Reinvent Yourself At Any Age: Ina Garten Shares the Secret to Transforming Your Life (Oct 15, 2026) · Listen from 36:45
Garten advises cooking simple dishes because simplicity makes people cook and gather more often.
“make something really simple. Because the simpler it is, the more you're going to do it”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Reinvent Yourself At Any Age: Ina Garten Shares the Secret to Transforming Your Life (Oct 15, 2026) · Listen from 53:49
Episodes
Reinvent Yourself At Any Age: Ina Garten Shares the Secret to Transforming Your LifeThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 15, 2026 · 57 min
Ina Garten tells Mel Robbins how she left a White House budget job to buy Barefoot Contessa, and shares lessons on reinvention, risk and marriage.
Ina Garten on other topics
- Career change and reinvention · 5 quotes
- Barefoot Contessa · 4 quotes
- Marriage and long-term partnership · 2 quotes
- Entrepreneurship · 2 quotes
- Aging · 1 quote
- Be Ready When the Luck Happens · 1 quote
- Finding one's passion · 1 quote
- Office of Management and Budget · 1 quote