Ina Garten welcomes the viewer into her barn in East Hampton, explaining it's her creative space for writing cookbooks and filming. She then answers a series of questions presented as text overlays, covering her summer activities, life advice, her favorite kitchen tool (a rasp), and fridge essentials, which she shows by opening her refrigerator. She continues the tour into her library, discusses her cookbook collection and favorite author, shares her philosophy on hosting parties, and concludes by leading the viewer outside to her garden.
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@inagarten would never stock a fridge without a little dairy—high quality and full fat, of course.
America’s favorite TV chef and our Hamptons issue cover star takes us inside her barn that set the stage for “The Barefoot Contessa” and countless parties. Watch along for a glimpse inside her herb garden, a few picks from her perfect summer playlist, and the cookbooks she returns to again and again.
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Transcript
Hi, Culture. I'm Ina Garten. Welcome to my barn in East Hampton. So this is the barn where I write cookbooks and film television show and have parties. Lots of cooking, lots of gardening, and generally having fun. Don't worry about what you're gonna be when you grow up. Just do what you think is really fun and and do it really well. It's a rasp. I find, like, lemon zest, orange zest, it adds so much flavor to things, and it kind of brings out the intrinsic flavor of whatever you're cooking. Good French better, beurre de burat with flaked sea salt. Always have milk, of worse, everybody does. Honey for tea, lots of eggs, Hellman's mayonnaise. This is the library next to the main room where I collect cookbooks and and white cake plates. I good probably say Sarah Chase's books, I use the most. Her first one is Nantucket Open House Cookbook, which I use all the time. So when you arrive for a party, I want you to feel like it's a party. I've always got great cocktails, and I've got great music, and something smells really good because it's in the oven. How about if I show you the garden? Well, it's just so nice to be out tier. And in the summer, these trees are they're
