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Ina Gartenis celebrating a special milestone: 20 years on Food Network!
On Tuesday, the home cook, 74, shared a throwback clip from her firstBarefoot Contessaepisode in 2003.
“This was the very first show that I filmed 20 years ago! Yikes! A lot has changed but I guess that some things never will??” she wrote in the caption.
On the episode, Garten whipped up a pitcher of lemonade. “Don’t you just love fresh lemonade? Not that stuff your mother used to bring home from the grocery store. But the real thing, made with freshly squeezed lemons,” she said in the clip.
After putting together a simple mixture of lemon juice, sugar, water and ice, Garten gave viewers the option to add another ingredient to their liking.
“For those of you who like a little something special, you can mix it with vodka,” she said, adding later on, “I’m definitely putting vodka in mine.”
She’s right — some things never change! In 2020, one of Garten’s Instagram videos went viral after shecrafted a Cosmopolitan cocktailin a huge martini glass filled with plenty of vodka.
“During these stressful times, it’s really important to keep traditions alive. My favorite tradition is the cocktail hour,” Garten joked in a two-minuteInstagram video. “So I’m going to make you my favorite Cosmopolitan — and you probably have all the ingredients in your house.”
She was not shy about the portions in herquarantini. Garten poured two cups of “good” vodka, one cup of Cointreau, one cup ofOcean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktailand a half cup of freshly squeezed lime juice for taste.
“During a crisis, you know, cocktail hour can be almost any hour,” she continued with a big smile while clearly holding back laughter.
In May, theGo-To Dinnersauthorspoke with PEOPLEabout what her home life was like during the COVID-19 lockdown.
But, like for many, the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. The couple — who have beenhappily married for over 50 years— suddenly found themselves in the same place 24/7.
“One of the things we learned during the pandemic is how wonderful it is to have seven days of the week together. It’s just incredible,” she told PEOPLE.
“We had had that schedule for 40 years, where he would leave on Monday, and come back on Friday,” she added. “And then when that pandemic happened, I was like, ‘Oh, whoa. What’s going to happen here?’ And 24 hours later, I’m like, ‘This is great. I’ve got a buddy all the time.’ "
source: people.com
