+

Cookies on the Business Insider India website

Business Insider India has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the better experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we\'ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Business Insider India website. However, you can change your cookie setting at any time by clicking on our Cookie Policy at any time. You can also see our Privacy Policy.

Close
HomeNewslettersNextShare

I tried Ina Garten's famous cosmopolitan, and now I understand why she makes it at 9 a.m.

  • I made Ina Garten's favorite cosmopolitan while following her lockdown routine for a day.
  • Garten became a quarantine hero after she filmed herself making a massive cosmo at 9 a.m. in April.
  • I set out to re-create the drink, making sure to start before noon to honor the "Barefoot Contessa" star.
  • It was easily the best drink I've had in quarantine, and reminded me how much fun cooking and mixing cocktails can be.

When it comes to making my own drinks at home, I've never been very creative.

In college it was bags of Franzia, or vodka chased with green apples (I do not recommend). My mid-20s featured plenty of Coronas, rum and Cokes, and the realization that red wine really does taste better from a bottle. Now I'm mostly loyal to homemade mimosas or cans of White Claw.

As my friends and I near the big 3-0, I've watched many of them take a new interest to bartending at home. They're investing in vintage bar carts, buying nice cocktail shakers, and hiding at least some of those kitschy shot glasses from study abroad. But I never really felt the same urge to expand my horizons.

That is, until Ina Garten came along, sipping a cosmopolitan from what appeared to be the world's biggest martini glass at 9 a.m. Garten's now-infamous Instagram video garnered 3.1 million views and turned her into many people's quarantine icon — myself included.

I recently set out to live like the Barefoot Contessa for a day, whipping up everything from Emily Blunt's famous roasted potatoes (which crashed Garten's website) to some of the Food Network star's most popular dishes. But it was the cosmo that I loved making the most.

Advertisement