Editing Ina Garten (section)

==Early life==
Ina Rosenberg<ref name=cbsnews>{{cite web |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ina-garten-was-born-to-cook/ |publisher = [[CBS News]] |date = January 25, 2015 |title = Ina Garten was born to cook |access-date = April 16, 2015 |archive-date = July 29, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150729185448/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ina-garten-was-born-to-cook/ |url-status = live }}</ref> was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family in [[Brooklyn]], New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Ina_Garten.html |work = Jewish Virtual Library |publisher = [[American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise]] |title = Ina Garten |access-date = March 29, 2015 |archive-date = September 6, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906070848/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Ina_Garten.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Her grandparents immigrated to the United States from Russia.<ref name = Fischer>{{cite magazine|url = https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/09/ina-garten-profile|title = Be Her Guest|last = Fischer|first = Molly|date = September 9, 2024|accessdate = September 3, 2024|pages = 26–35|magazine = [[The New Yorker]]| page= |url-access = limited}}</ref> Rosenberg grew up in [[Stamford, Connecticut]],<ref name=sherri /> the younger of two children born to Charles H. Rosenberg, a surgeon specializing in [[otolaryngology]], and his wife, Florence (née Rich), a dietitian.<ref name="dream">{{cite news |last = Dobnik |first = Verena |year = 2005 |title = The Barefoot Contessa Lives Her Dream Life |newspaper = The Shreveport Times }}</ref> Her home life was difficult, with her father prone to violent outbursts towards his children; she later reflected, "I think he loved me, but he wanted me to be who he wanted me to be, without any consciousness of who I am."<ref name = Fischer/> Encouraged to excel in school, she showed an aptitude for science and has said she uses her scientific mindset while experimenting with recipes.<ref>{{cite book |title = Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again |author = Ina Garten |author2 = Quentin Bacon |page = 160 |isbn = 978-1-4000-5434-3 |year = 2006 |publisher = [[Random House]] |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rLjZZVyWAvgC&pg=PA160 }}</ref> Garten's mother (an intellectual with an interest in opera) discouraged Ina from helping in the kitchen, instead directing her towards schoolwork. Garten described her father as a socializer and admits she shares more characteristics with him than her mother.<ref name="father">{{cite news |publisher = Food Network |year = 2006 |title = Ina |work = Chefography }}</ref> Both of her parents were initially critical of her decision to embark on a career in food but later became more supportive.<ref name = Fischer/>

At 15, she met her future husband [[Jeffrey Garten]] on a trip to visit her brother at [[Dartmouth College]].<ref name="dream"/> <!--After a year of exchanging letters, they began dating.--> After high school, she attended [[Syracuse University]] majoring in economics, transferred to [[North Carolina State University]], and later received her MBA  from [[George Washington University School of Business]].<!--with plans to study fashion design,--><!--changed her major to economics. Shortly thereafter, she--><ref name=sherri /><ref name=cbsnews/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fischer |first=Molly |date=2024-09-02 |title=Ina Garten and the Age of Abundance |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/09/ina-garten-profile |access-date=2024-12-13 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Konstantinides |first=Anneta |title=Ina Garten gave up a job at the White House to become an entrepreneur — without business experience. Here's what the risky move taught her. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ina-garten-memoir-business-tips-barefoot-contessa-2024-10 |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>