Ina Garten has served up recipes on the Food Network for 15 years and she's filled 10 cookbooks with even more meals, but there's one ingredient you won't find in any of those dishes.

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In an interview for the latest episode of In an interview for the latest episode of Munchies: The Podcast , Garten didn't mince words about the popular but polarizing herb.

"Hate it!" she said. "I know people love it, and you can add it to the recipe. I just hate it. To me it's so strong — and it actually tastes like soap to me — but it's so strong it overpowers every other flavor."

So, while many of us can't imagine certain meals without it (like the tacos pictured below) she goes to great lengths to avoid cilantro.

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"I like something that's kind of interestingly flavored, but as you eat it you get the layers, you know, the strawberries, a little zest of orange, a little sweetness, a little yogurt," she explained. "You get all of those of those flavors in a balance. But when cilantro is in something, that's all I can taste. Everything else goes away."

Studies have found that Studies have found that there's a genetic factor behind whether someone tastes a delicious herb or something closer to dish soap when they eat cilantro, so Garten is far from alone in her opinion about the ingredient.

In fact, she even had good company in the form In fact, she even had good company in the form one late culinary great

Julia Child, who helped pave the way for Garten and other TV cooking talents, always avoided cilantro — and arugula, too.