Ina Garten, my substitute mum

A sad new obsession began on a drab Monday night while waiting for University Challenge to begin. Flicking around the channels, I saw that Food Network UK had been added to Freeview. Until last month I only knew Ina Garten as that lady that Adam the Amateur Gourmet adores; the one who did that roasted broccoli years ago. But as soon as I started watching my first episode of Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics, I was hooked. She was making a simple orange pound cake, loaded with butter. Sure, the cake looked good and hearty, and I admired her foresight to bake two so there’d be one for the freezer. But it took me two weeks to realise just why I found myself rushing home to be in front of the telly at 7 o’clock every night: Ina Garten looks an awful lot like my mum. The hair, the complexion, the smile; it is truly uncanny. Tuning in is like hanging out with a wealthy, American, cooking goddess version of the much-missed faraway Mothership. SIMILARITIES both ladies similar vintage same hair colour and style similar taste in shirts and chunky jewellery same olive complexion same twinkly eyes when smiling equal enthusiasm for life, friends and food both place an affectionate hand on someone’s shoulder when they’re about to say something nice to them WAYS IN WHICH MOTHERSHIP IS NOT LIKE INA does not say “How easy is that?” does not buy posh cheese does not own a Kitchen Aid does not have gigantic fancy house with a separate “barn̶...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - Category: Other Conditions Authors: Tags: Dinner Time The Mothership Source Type: blogs