Will I love Be Ready When the Luck Happens?

The path Ina Garten's life has taken is far more interesting than I could've imagined when I picked up this book. I love that she includes her faults, risks, struggles, and failures as a part of the overall picture. The love story between her and Jeffrey is honest, and I appreciate her candor throughout the whole book.

Ina Garten narrated her story of doing a major life flip to follow her passions - cooking, food, and making a business out of it all. It's my own fantasy do to this one day, so this was full of inspiration and ideas.

Like loads of other people, I adore TV chef Ina Garten and her recipes. The best memoirs show you hidden sides of somebody you think you know (though you obviously don't) and this memoir contains many such surprises. After reading it, you're left admiring the lovely Garten even more than you did before, having learned she survived a dreadfully neglectful childhood and many jaw-dropping instances of sexism as she improvised her way to fame and fortune in the culinary world. Underneath Garten's gentle exterior is a fiercely ambitious woman determined to prove that living and loving well is the best… show more.