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Taylor Swift’s love story with cooking all started withIna Garten.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Garten’s showBarefoot Contessa, the beloved chef appears onFood Network Magazine’s November cover. Inside the issue, which is on stands now, some of Garten’s celebrity pals, including Swift,shared their favorite Garten memories.
TheMidnightssongstress said that the celebrity chef, who she called a “magnificent woman,” changed her outlook on cooking completely.
The “All Too Well” singer went on to say that “watching Ina prepare a meal changed my perspective on cooking and reframed it as something relaxing.”
“She made cooking feel like self-care,” Swift said. “Ever since, cooking has been my escape from stress and one of the only ways I can truly calm myself on a rough day. I’ll always be grateful to her for giving me that.”
Friend and vocal fan of theBarefoot ContessahostJennifer Garneralso had kind words for the chef.
“There’s not a day that I spend in the kitchen that does not involve Ina recipes,” the actress said. “I made her roast chicken last night. I’m making her chocolate Oreo ice cream today. I’ll make her skirt steak tonight. I’m an Ina kind of cook.”
Garner shared several of her memories with the chef, who she said is one of her “heroes.”
“The first time I met her, she had asked me to be in one of her specials, and we shot it on my birthday,” Garner said. “I asked if Ina and her producers wanted to come and they did, and my friends were just mind-blown. A couple of them were truly speechless. She just sat amongst everyone and chatted away.”
Since they met, the actress said she and Garten have had “so many fun experiences,” including an In-N-Out date where she walked in on Garten “scrubbing the table clean with a wet wipe,” before the pair chowed down on burgers, fries and shakes together.
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“Another time, I was in Paris with my daughter and I texted Ina to tell her we were close to her apartment,” Garner shared. “I didn’t know this at the time, but she was in the middle of testing recipes and she dropped what she was doing to tell us all the places we needed to go, like a personal tour guide.”
Food Network Magazine’s November issue includes more Garten content, including herfavorite household items, her best recipes for Thanksgiving and more.
source: people.com
