1. When you realize Ina might be living in an alternate reality:
Ina Garten said "there's nothing worse than lumpy polenta" on Barefoot Contessa. She clearly lives on Earth 2 where Hillary Clinton won.
2. When this truth hits you in the head like some GOOD vanilla:
There are two Americas: Guy's Grocery Games America and Barefoot Contessa America.
3. When she's bougie AF, and then still manages to top herself:
I’ve thought about this line in an Ina Garten recipe everyday since I cooked it 2 weeks ago why is she like this
4. And when you try a little too hard to be like Ina:
"And if you don't have freshly grated Parmesan, 3 month old string cheese is fine." -me being the Barefoot Contessa I need and deserve
5. When Queen Ina is very, very relatable:
when y'all subtweet and I have to search for the full story
6. When Barefoot Contessa is one of the simple pleasures in life:
Just said "Oh my god" out loud when I discovered a previously unwatched cache of Barefoot Contessa episodes on YouTube
7. When you realize Ina has been the way she is for a very long time:
ina garten's white fur sleeve wedding dress is a mood
8. When you're cooking up new Food Network show formats:
Starting a competitive version of Barefoot Contessa called 'Savage Garten'
9. When it's not just you who's obsessed, it's your friends, too:
text, email, call? pfft, real friendships are carried out in the comments section of the barefoot contessa's Instagram posts
10. When things get a little too real:
Is Mike Pence allowed to eat dinner alone with the Barefoot Contessa
11. When you're waiting for Sassy Ina Garten to emerge:
@TheGingerMinj “If you can’t make your own chicken stock, just consider your self trash” - the barefoot contessa
12. When you come up with your own topical episode titles:
BAREFOOT CONTESSA S23E09 "Reclaiming My Thyme"
13. When one of the episode titles describes you to a "T":
Tag yourself I'm "Barefoot Contessa Season 7 Episode 10 Tale Of Two Soups"
14. When you first start stanning Ina:
i just learned that barefoot contessa is not her actual name im so disappointed
15. When you get a little too obsessed with Ina and Jeffrey's relationship:
Bae: What are you thinking about? Me: You :) Me in my head: Do Ina Gartin and Jeffrey have a fulfilling sex life
16. IT'S FINE, IT'S FINE:
Me in my head: does he call her the barefoot contessa in the bedroom. Does she call him the Barefoot Count
17. And finally, when you realize that Ina is our one true QUEEN:
Ina Stormborn of House Garten, 1st of her name, Barefoot CONTESSA, kween, Khaleesi of the HAMPTONS, breaker of basics, Mother of peasants