The Best Recipes from Ina Garten’s Cooking for Jeffrey

Updated October 2026 Cooking for Jeffrey is Ina’s love letter to her husband of more than five decades and a delightful look at the couple many of us consider the ultimate #relationshipgoals. Throughout the book, Ina shares tidbits on her and Jeffrey’s life together – my favorite of which may be their first date, where a 16-year-old Ina tries to take Jeffrey to a bar and is promptly denied entry. She talks about their camping trip through France (jealous!), shares adorable personal photos, and reveals that Jeffrey was the first to encourage her to pursue her passion for cooking – I’ve always admired their unwavering support of each other. Ina sums up exactly how I feel about cooking in one line in the book: “cooking is more gratifying and, frankly, more fun when I’m cooking for people I love.” This was the first book that was released after starting this project – and the book Ina signed for me after winning a photo contest on Instagram (Oh, my disbelief when I received the first DM…