When I told a friend I was writing about Ina Garten’s new memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, she exclaimed, “Oh, I love her! She’s a real balabusta!” Wait a minute — my Polish immigrant grandma ...

It was, I thought, a Jewish food writer’s dream assignment. Nearly four years ago, during the first autumn of the COVID pandemic, I sat down (virtually) with food superstar Ina Garten to learn about ...