Ina Garten has been quite the busy bee this year. With the release of her newest cookbook, Cooking For Jeffrey [1], and her new TV show of the same name [2], it's safe to say we can expect a lot more of Ina in 2017. The Barefoot Contessa host caught up with Food Network [3] recently and dished on everything from her signature dishes to what inspires her recipes and even revealed the one meal she could eat for the rest of her life. Hint: it's probably not what you'd expect. Keep reading to see the highlights from her revealing interview, and then read the full interview on Food Network [4].

On the inspiration for her recipes:

"I get it really from everywhere. I mean, if I go to dinner somewhere or I see something in a cookbook or I see something in a food store or somebody tells me about something they had — a friend goes to a dinner party and had something delicious. I mean it's, like, in the air, and I keep a running list of things that I want to make. Today, you know, figs are in season, so I was playing around with a ricotta and fig cake. So, I'm always adding to the list and taking things off the list, and I just find inspiration everywhere."

On the one meal she could eat for the rest of her life:

"Just one? A good Irish oatmeal."

On what she considers to be her signature dish:

"Roast chicken and apple tart — French apple tart [8]. Actually, I'll do better than that. There's one dinner that I make very often which I just love. It's rack of lamb, orzo with roasted vegetables, and a French apple tart for dessert."

On who she would invite, dead or alive, to her dinner party:

"Jeffrey. Julia Child [9]. Taylor Swift [10]. And my best friends."