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The Reason Ina Garten Shocks Her Corn Before Making Corn Salad By Kristine Belonio Oct. 22, 2025 6:20 pm EST

Ina Garten is very particular about the food she prepares and how she prepares it. Among the food items you'll never find in her kitchen are cilantro, canned vegetables, and grated Parmesan cheese. She's also admitted to testing her recipes an intense number of times before they go into her cookbooks . So it's not surprising that when she's cooking corn, she doesn't just boil and cut it off the cob. The celebrity chef takes the extra step to ensure the corn retains its bright yellow hue.

In her featured recipe for fresh corn salad on the Food Network's website, Garten notes that after boiling the corn, she drains and immerses it in ice water both to shock it an

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