Ina Garten

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.

You don't have to do everything from scratch. Nobody wants to make puff pastry!

When we first did 'Modernist Cuisine,' I think most people in cookbook publishing would have said, 'This is insane.'

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.