Ina Garten and her husband, Jeffrey, have been married for nearly 60 years. Here's a timeline of their relationship.

Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Ina Garten and husband Jeffrey are celebrating their 57th wedding anniversary. Their love story began when she visited her brother at Dartmouth College in 1963. After Jeffrey spotted her from the campus library window, he began writing her love letters. Few celebrity love stories are as sweet as that of Ina Garten and her husband, Jeffrey. The pair met while Ina was visiting her brother at Dartmouth College, where Jeffrey was a junior. After Jeffrey spotted her from the campus library window, he began writing her love letters - not before long, the pair were engaged and eventually married. Ina and Jeffrey have been together ever since, despite being apart from one another due to Jeffrey's work and service in the Army, as well as a brief separation during the early years of their marriage. "I think how crazy that was and how dangerous it was, but we wouldn't have the relationship we have now if I hadn't done it," Garten wrote in her memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens." Here's a timeline of their timeless relationship. 1963: Ina Rosenberg met Jeffrey Garten when she was 15 years old and visiting her brother at Dartmouth College. Their romance began to blossom after Jeffrey spotted Ina on campus from the library window. "Look at that girl, isn't she beautiful?" Jeffrey told his roommate at the time, Food Network reported. As it happened, Garten's roommate knew precisely who she was: Ina Rosenberg, the younger sister of a friend he had planned to go on a date with that night. After the date didn't lead anywhere, Jeffrey sent her a letter with his photo in it. The future cookbook author was immediately interested. "He saw me on the street and then sent me a letter with a photograph of himself in it," she told People in 2018. "I just remember running through the house and going, 'Mom, Mom, you've got to see this picture of this guy. He's so cute!'" 1963: Months later, a young Jeffrey and Ina went on their first date, but it was far from smooth sailing. @inagarten/Instagram After Jeffrey picked up Ina, who was still in high school at the time, he drove them over to a bar in Port Chester, New York, where the legal drinking age was 18. "It was a disaster," she told Food Network . "I had never been to a bar in my life! The guy at the door says, 'Where's your ID?' and I thought, 'What ID?'" They ended up going to a coffee shop instead, where they had a "perfectly good time," according to Jeffrey. 1968: Ina, 20, and Jeffrey Garten, 22, wed at Ina's parents' house in Stamford, Connecticut. @inagarten/Instagram After they were married, Ina and Jeffrey Garten settled in North Carolina after Jeffrey enlisted in the Army. With no plans to continue her studies at Syracuse University, Ina focused on cooking for her husband. However, Jeffrey pushed her...

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