Comments on: Ina Garten Really Knows What Kids Like [Not]

By: Bayley

Bayley — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:22:58 +0000

Hands down, FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER READ. I was watching this episode thinking the exact same things; from the disgusting candy choices to the RIDICULOUSLY large slices she served those poor kids. CLASSIC.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:25:46 +0000

Just as a piece of trivia, the black Necco Wafers are actually clove flavored.

By: LesCandy

LesCandy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:52:49 +0000

Just watched this episode! Ina should have left the candy out and just let them write their name in icing. Those huge pieces were ridiculous. I didn’t mind the arugula salad my mom had me eating all kind of snotty food growing up including escargot! I do remember feeling that she was trying to live through me or something and really wished she would have let me be a kid not a mini adult. She meant well! Back to Ina, this episode just showed how shes kid clueless..but Im sure Ina meant well ha!

By: Karma

Karma — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:26:47 +0000

HAHAHAHA!!! The last two pictures + captions are priceless!!!

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:53:20 +0000

I just watched it this morning. I still cannot understand why she cut the cake like that. She is so prim and proper, yet cuts cake like my 6 year old would.

I did learn Ina loves yeast.

By: cowpoke

cowpoke — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:38:49 +0000

Byrdie – You should re-read what I wrote.I never said she invented it. I said to try the recipe. It is a good cake. I enjoy her recipes and all or most of them are not her recipes at all. I don’t know why you think her show is boring and stupid. She’s just cooking. I’m not sure what you are expecting her to do.
If I were going to worship and lay flowers and good vanilla at someones feet it would be my mother who was the greatest cook and and professional baker in the world.And most of her recipes weren’t original either.

By: byrdie

byrdie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:21 +0000

I have to comment on the coffee in chocolate thing.

Yes, it’s a great idea. But to think that it’s because Ina came up with it is ridiculous. It’s been done for years and years by restaurants and bakeries. Don’t get suckered into thinking that because a technique or ingredient is used on a particular show that the host/cook of that show ‘invented’ it. Mommy D’earest once said on her stupid, ignorant boring show that she invented glazed carrots. Give me a break.

So before you lay wreaths of flowers and bottles of ‘good’ vanilla at Ina’s fat toes, remember she’s just repeating what’s been done by many for a long time.

By: cowpoke

cowpoke — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:06:06 +0000

Emma – I don’t know if you’ve ever tried her chocolate cake recipe but adding coffee makes it amazing and you don’t taste the coffee at all. It does bring out the flavor of the chocolate. Try it and I think you’ll like it very much.
I do agree that it was not her best show but try the cake without the awful candy and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. I’ve made many of her recipes and have never been disappointed yet. She is a great cook. I wish there were more like her on FN. I still want to know how Sandra Lee got a TV show.I wouldn’t feed my dog that garbage.

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:38:43 +0000

I saw this episode a couple weeks ago and thought the exact same thing: Yuck. What kid would eat THAT? But the part you fail to mention in your blog post is how the Contessa decided to mix child-friendly coffee into the chocolate cake. Something about “making it richer” or “bringing out the flavor of the chocolate.”
Right.
Cause if there’s one thing an 8-year-old likes, it’s coffee. And if there’s one thing an 8-year-old really, super duper likes, it’s coffee-tainted chocolate cake topped with licorice candies their grandmothers eat.

By: LR

LR — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:19:40 +0000

What happened to Nigella?