Oh, Ina- We love to make fun of you

     I've been watching Food Network since I was a kid and after years of watching so many chefs pursue careers in TV, I can honestly say Ina Garten is one of my favorites. Ina is an epicurean who loves the good life. She lives in the Hamptons, drives a Mercedes, and purchases ingredients from those expensive specialty markets. If I could only have half of her class factor I would still be pretty damn classy.
     But while I love Ina, I also love to make fun of her. In her shows she always tells her audience they should be using "good" ingredients. "You want to add 1 cup of good dry white wine," or "this dish really needs a tablespoon of good olive oil," and maybe- "when baking, using good vanilla extract will make all the difference in your dish."  Point blank, Ina is a food snob. I guess your value-priced brand won't quite cut it in Ina's kitchen. The website Food Network Humor has a really great meme that pokes fun at Ina's holier-than-thou attitude. Here are two of my favorites: