The famous cook shared in a 2017 interview with PBS NewsHour that cooking “is so hard†for her and that plays a part when she develops recipes and cookbooks.
Though she seems like a pro in the kitchen, Garten confessed during a PBS NewsHour interview that cooking doesn’t come easy to her and that’s part of the reason she develops recipes that appeal to novices in the kitchen.While she said she cooked at home, Garten noted “that’s not really the same thing,†explaining, “I taught myself how to cook when I worked in Washington using Julia Child’s cookbooks.†Garten had no formal training but she learned how to be an amazing cook.“When I first started writing cookbooks I remember thinking to myself, ‘What makes me think I can write a cookbook?’†when she compared her experience to professional chefs