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Ina Garten: How Easy Is That?
Posted on May 11th 2011 by Jillian Madison

And now, in honor of Ina Garten’s favorite phrase (“how easy is that?!”), we present THE FOOD NETWORK EASY-METER:



Other posts on Food Network Humor:

---A Reminder From Ina Garten
---Twitter Week On FNH: Day 2 (Ina Garten)
---Ina & Jeffrey Garten: In Love For 40 Years
---Phonecall With Ina Garten
---If Ina Garten Advertised For Ipod

    60 Responses

  1. Ferd Berfle says:

    As long as they’re “faaaabbulous recipes” (with really good ingredients) all is well.

  2. old unkajoe says:

    Hilarious!

  3. frozenyogurt3 says:

    I’ll go to the Chippendales show for Kat.

  4. Ray says:

    Does the lobster on Alton’s shoulder talk? Maybe his name is Pinchy? And, come on, Alton, that’s not proper piratey attire!

    Sorry….. just amused by the lobster perched on his shoulder. :)

  5. LaLa says:

    LMAO at the idea of Alton & Aunt Sandy doing a show together! It could be a pay-per-view special!

    • Dana the Wonderchick says:

      I would pay to see that one! I mean… if Alton promises to say something besides ”oh bother”… you know, stuff like ”shut the hell up!” and ”are you freakin’ serious??” or maybe even a simple ”bullshit” here and there.

      • Hookerbot says:

        I would pay to watch that episode as well, but only if Alton promises not to hide any of his disgust and/or contempt from the camera. Bonus points if he wheels out the chalkboard with nutritional info at the end of each dish.

      • Old71 says:

        Or “what the hell is this shit!!!”

      • Polly says:

        @Hookerboot: Or if he’s in the background with the black board, explaining all of the additives and preservatives in all of her prepackaged crap.

        • LJS0208 says:

          I think Alton’s facial expressions alone would be priceless. The horrified/grossed out/pissed combined look. Which basically is what we all have while watching Aunt Sandy.

  6. old unkajoe says:

    Getting Cusimano and Goldman to bathe — nigh on impossible!

  7. LaLa says:

    That dessert looks suspiciously like Cool Whip and strawberry jam… maybe it’s easy because it’s Semi-Homemade??? Can you imagine Ina & Aunt Sandy together??? Make sure you use ‘good’ Cool Whip and aig-stract!

  8. I hope Alton sees that last one. Now that’s good.

  9. Kristyn says:

    I learned last night that Cat Cora was even gay. Wow. How did I miss that?

  10. Daniel says:

    The book after should be called “Ina Garten: Good Ingredients” and show her surrounded by vanilla

  11. Foodfan says:

    Very funny post.

    Easy Ina? Just more of the Sandra Lee-ification of the Food Network. Everything is getting over simplified and more food assembly rather than actual cooking. They are taking people I used to enjoy watching and turning them into characters and oversimplifying everything. It is why I’m so frustrated with FN and watch less and less.

    And can someone buy Ina a new style of shirt? I fucking sick of her shents.

    • atdleft says:

      Yeah. If they ever force Chef Anne or Chef Alex or Alton to “simplify” (meaning DUMB DOWN) their recipes into “suuppr smmpl russipeez”, that’s it for moi.

      Now I still enjoy Ina, especially when she cooks some wild food. But yes, I’d rather not see Ina become yet another “Aunt Sandy lite”. Haven’t they already had Giada doing too many “Semi-Edible Upscale Russipeez”?

    • cloverleaf says:

      At least she wore her good denim shent and dressed it up with a jaunty scarf! LOL! Gotta love the “Giggles ‘n Shents” title!! LOL!!!

    • J-Man says:

      So you’re saying you’d rather see her in a shuu-muu?

    • Daria says:

      Yeah, I’m not going to be buying this one. What is the point really in cookbooks from FN chefs anymore since you can tons of their recipes for free on the website, more than you can probably try at home.

  12. atdleft says:

    Oh please, I hope there’s real food in there. Oh please, don’t let them take Ina away from us! Not another Aunt Sandy!

  13. Scruffy says:

    I think I may just read Bourdain’s book and skip one by the fraud.

    How many co-author’s did Ina have? Hard to believe she would’ve written it all by herself, considering her lack of effort on the show now.

  14. Minx says:

    I love me some Ina–”how easy is that?”, shents, good vanilla, and all.

    • Niki38 says:

      I love Ina but finding that I am becoming more irritated by the giggling, ‘fabulous’, ‘how bad can that be’ and the way she has recently started rubbing her hands together after completing a task. Maybe the honeymoon is over. No problems with Nigella and Laura Calder, my other two faves – yet!

  15. cloverleaf says:

    Ina’s EasyMeter is much more entertaining than Staples Easy Button. ;)

  16. Nina says:

    this is HILARIOUS! at first I just looked at the picture and I totally thought that it was a joke/fake cookbook image FNH made. i mean HOW EASY IS THAT and FABULOUS on the cover? sooo typical. i can’t believe this shit is legit. but i like her food so i’d go for it

    • Ms. Kira says:

      You mean it’s actually a real book? I was going to say that Jillian should have put a more difficult looking dish on the cover. But I guess now it’s all starting to make sense, or is it (need more coffee!)… ?

  17. Plumpy says:

    Rachael Ray feigning interest in FN is probably easier than Rach’s feigning interest in her ‘Lil Mister.

  18. Cameron says:

    Let’s not forget Ina’s new upcoming book “Cook, But Don’t Have Any Fun Without Me!”

    • stoup says:

      How about “Recipes I Stole From Loaves and Fishes (But I’m Trying To Pass Off As My Own!)”

      or “I Wonder What Ina Needs Us To Do NOW?” (By T.R., Miguel, Michael and Steven)

      or “Good Lord! Not Roasted Chicken Friday AGAIN???” (By Jeffrey, the Li’l Hobbitt)

      or “My Italian Leather Loafers Cost More Than Your HOUSE – How Bad Can THAT Be?”

  19. FatCat says:

    I’ll love Ina forever, but she needs to know a overused- phrase does not a title make. Though I can’t say it’s as bad as anything Sandra Lee might name a book if this was the case (“Sandra Lee: Can I Just Tell You?”)

    btw, Cusimano looks exactly like Stanley Tucci in that picture

  20. PeteC94 says:

    Bah! $18.90 at Amazon.com, and there is no Kindle version :(

  21. oh_come_on says:

    I think the title’s brillant. Why not trade off a phrase she says ad nauseam? Re-treading/dumbing down/simplifying her recipes isn’t a bad idea either. Those of us who know her recipes by heart won’t use them, but a whole new crop of FN ‘home cooks’ will. Personally I think Ina’s way out- stayed her potential on FN, but where would she go and continue to make so much cash?

  22. stoup says:

    What on Earth happened to Ty Flo??? He looked a lot better in his Food 911 days. He’s about half worthless on that stupid Food Truck Race show.

  23. CEQ says:

    Giggles and Shents…..that seriously made my day

  24. Diane says:

    I would pay to see Alton co-host ‘Semi HOmade’. Can you imagine his look of utter confusion and disdain as Sandra sloshed her way through the episode?
    He could probably even offer some fascinating insight as to exactly what percentage of Sandra’s blood is pure alcohol and what that means in scientific terms.
    It could be very educational.

  25. Liz says:

    cat cora is a total lesbian. she has a few kids w/ her partner. i think she’s hella hot (and i’m a lesbo too, lol). i think she’d go to a chippendales show if she needed to vomit, but fingers down her throat just weren’t doing the trick.

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