Ina Garten and Barbara Lieberman

I just saw a rerun of their Holiday episode and Barbara and her husband are essentially the costars. Apparently Barbara felt she made some contributions to Barefoot Contessa and wanted to be compensated. Ina disagreed and the bitch fight was on.

I want to know what happened with her gal pal Tiara. Ina seems to have trouble keeping friends.

Two old bitches fighting. Am I supposed to be excited?

I imagine it's difficult living next to Ina on Burrito Night.

Ina seems to keep her gay male friends who aren't named TR Pescod. I'd love to know what happened with that one.

Are at each other’s throats?

Have gone into penalty cunt kicks?

Say the most gruesome things about each other, behind the other’s back?

I was surprised that Barbara is blonde and attractive. Ina served the Liebermans pork roast for Christmas lunch.

What about Ina and Martha Stewart? Ina made several appearances on Martha's various shows and then POOF! All of a sudden it was as if they didn't even know each other. Another falling out?

There is a very blunt side to Ina, and also a habit of punctuating sharp comments with a gruff sort of laughter. On her show, she is in full command of the narrative, but in conversation, she’s sometimes unaware of the cadence of human conversation. She is very smart and self-determined, but some relationships feel subtly commodified. On some older episodes of her program, some of the friends participating in the taping seem very tightly managed in their interactions, and some seem basically terrified. Some of the food they’re oohing over is actually cold because of all the fiddling needed to get the production elements sorted. But that’s tv. Her new series are simpler and more focused on her tips and recipes, fewer stilted social tableaux. She mostly features guest chefs, and their footage is interspersed with her own, limiting some social awkwardness. Ina’s ok, really loaded, and more entrepreneurial than cuddly. She knows herself well and knows food media even better. She’s in full command of her content, and it’s good.

Is Ina still pushing cancer ridden children out of second story windows?

R9, is that an excerpt from your thesis?