TOOT TOOT: Ina Garten Hits The High Seas

Posted byBen Mandelker 11 Comments on TOOT TOOT: Ina Garten Hits The High Seas


Great! She’ll make lunch.

Ever since I saw the intro to this (GOOD) episode of Barefoot Contessa last year, it has ranked as one of my favorite Ina Garten moments. The combination of her WASPy sass and pleasant hospitality mixed with the images of her swabbing down a deck are too amazing to be denied. Plus, she makes mention of a tugboat. How bad can that be?
Just remember that if you view this while cooking, please be sure to use GOOD vanilla extract.


And for a bonus, her new catchphrase. Every time she uses saffron, SHE SAYS THIS:

11 replies on “TOOT TOOT: Ina Garten Hits The High Seas”

  1. I like your slight mockery of Ina-isms 🙂
    I’ve always wondered why she insists on reminding you to use GOOD fill-in-the-blank, like you’d automatically be reaching for the rancid ingredients in the back pantry. Silly Ina…

  2. I really love the Food Network entries. That channel is so blogworthy, it’s nutty.
    Keep em coming!

  3. I got seasick just watching the opening credits.
    I love the show though…someone should make a drinking game out of every appearance of a flamboyant male friend.

  4. Here’s my stupid question: is it eye-na, or eee-na?? B-Side, love the Food Network blogs-keep them coming!

  5. This episode, and another one where he practically begs Ina for a boat, makes me want to state outright…*Let Jeffrey get his damn boat!!!*

  8. Not to be a total geek but its “EYE-NA” and she is my girl crush. I love her and her life and her ability to teach me how to cook things even though she makes it look easy and its not, I have still mastered many of her recipes and thats an accomplishment for me!!
    I love Jeffrey and her new house and her old house and especially her bevy of handsome male friends. When I die, I want to come back as Ina Garten.
    I am being serious!

  9. I agree jellie. Quality stamens, Jeffery, AND her awesome gays?
    who could ask for anything more?

  10. While these may be network-driven personae, Sandra’s the alkie, Giada’s the anorexic, and Rachael is clearly the nutjob. (I’m so over Bobby Flay and Emeril that I have no opinion.) But Ina is the real deal. She cooks, she eats, so she looks like a woman who cooks and eats and ENJOYS HERSELF. Its so refreshing! I do think Jeffrey’s a bit beaten down, so it would be nice if he got a boat. Throw him a bone, Ina.

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