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Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over And Over Again

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Throughout the years that she has lived and worked in East Hampton, Ina Garten has catered and attended countless parties and dinners. She will be the first to tell you, though, that nothing beats a cozy dinner, surrounded by the people you love most, in the comfort that only your own home can provide. In Barefoot Contessa at Home, Ina shares her life in East Hampton, the recipes she loves, and her secrets to making guests feel welcome and comfortable.

For Ina, it's friends and family-gathered around the dinner table or cooking with her in the kitchen-that really make her house feel like home. Here Ina offers the tried-and-true recipes that she makes over and over again because they're easy, they work, and they're universally loved. For a leisurely Sunday breakfast, she has Easy Cheese Danishes or Breakfast Fruit Crunch to serve with the perfect Spicy Bloody Mary. For lunch, she has classics with a twist, such as Tomato, Mozzarella, and Pesto Paninis and Old-Fashioned Potato Salad, which are simply delicious. Then there are Ina's homey dinners-from her own version of loin of pork stuffed with sautéed fennel to the exotic flavors of Eli's Asian Salmon. And since Ina knows no one ever forgets what you serve for dessert, she includes recipes for outrageously luscious sweets like Peach and Blueberry Crumble, Pumpkin Mousse Parfait, and Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Icing.

Ina also lets readers in on her time-tested secrets for cooking and entertaining. Get the inside scoop on everything from what Ina considers when she's designing a kitchen to menu-planning basics and how to make a dinner party fun (here's a hint: it doesn't involve making complicated food!).

Along with beautiful photographs of Ina's dishes, her home, and the East Hampton she loves, this book is filled with signature recipes that strike the perfect balance between elegance and casual comfort. With her most indispensable collection yet, Ina Garten proves beyond a shadow of doubt that there truly is no place like home.

The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

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Ina Garten lives for fabulous food that is still recognizable and delicious. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook is devoted to such culinary balance. Garten covers all stages of the best dinner party, from zesty appetizers to lush entrées. Before she lets you throw that dinner party, she also suggests the best places in the U.S. for tableware and specialty mail-order food.

Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes that Make Everyone Feel Like Family

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Ina Garten, who shared her gift for casual entertaining in the bestselling Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and Barefoot Contessa Parties!, is back with her most enticing recipes yet-a collection of her favorite dishes for everyday cooking. In Barefoot Contessa Family Style, Ina explains that sharing our lives and tables with those we love is too essential to be saved just for special occasions-and it's easy to do if you know how to cook irresistible meals with a minimum of fuss.

For Ina, the best way to make guests feel at home is to serve them food that's as unpretentious as it is delicious. So in her new book, she's collected the recipes that please her friends and family most-dishes like East Hampton Clam Chowder, Parmesan Roasted Asparagus, and Linguine with Shrimp Scampi. It's the kind of fresh, accessible food that's meant to be passed around the table in big bowls or platters and enjoyed with warm conversation and laughter.

In Ina's hands tried-and-true dishes are even more delicious than you remember them: Her arugula salad is bright with the flavors of lemon and Parmesan, the Oven-Fried Chicken is crispy without excess fat, and her Deep-Dish Apple Pie has the perfect balance of fruit and spice. Barefoot Contessa Family Style also includes enticing recipes that are memorable and distinctive, like Lobster Cobb Salad, Tequila Lime Chicken, and Saffron Risotto with Butternut Squash.

With vivid photographs of Ina cooking and serving food in her beautiful Hamptons home, as well as menu suggestions, practical wisdom on what to do when disaster strikes in the kitchen, and tips on creating an inviting ambience with music, Barefoot Contessa Family Style is the must-have guide to the joy of everyday entertaining.

Barefoot Contessa Parties!: Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun

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After more than twenty years of running Barefoot Contessa, the acclaimed specialty food store, Ina Garten published her first collection of recipes. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook was an overnight sensation, but it''s the kind of success that can only be grounded in years of experience. In it, Ina shared her ideas for familiar food but with outstanding flavor and -- most important of all -- recipes that really work.

Now, with Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ina shares secrets she has gleaned from her years not only as a caterer but as a dedicated party giver. The keyword here is fun. Ina''s parties are easy to prepare and fun for everyone, including the host. Forget those boring Saturday-night dinners that just won''t end. With Ina''s advice, you''re certain to have all your friends saying, "Wasn''t that fun!"

Ina has packed Barefoot Contessa Parties! with plans for pulling off parties like a pro, stories about her own parties, and tips on assembling food (rather than cooking everything) and organizing like a caterer. In the spring you can invite your friends to a party where they all make their own pizzas. Come summer, it''s into the garden for a lunch with grilled lamb and pita sandwiches that guests assemble themselves. In the autumn, when it''s not Thanksgiving, Ina roasts a fresh turkey, which her friends enjoy with popovers and a creamy spinach gratin. And on a snowy winter''s day, everyone is invited for a lunch buffet with seafood chowder and butternut squash and apple soup.

Ever since Ina published her first book, people write, e-mail, and stop her on the street to say how much they love the food. She''s reached new heights here with recipes like sour cream coffee cake--the ultimate breakfast treat. Salads? The red lettuce, balsamic onions, and blue cheese; Chinese chicken salad; and panzanella may be the best you''ve ever tasted. Filet of beef is easy to make for a fancy dinner with oh-so-good gorgonzola sauce, or sliced into sandwiches and served with lobster rolls for a Superbowl party. And fans of The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook will be delighted to find the recipe for the Lemon Cake they drooled over but only saw pictured, right here in this book.

With so many great ideas and recipes in these pages for you to use, your friends will start to wonder why your parties are always so much fun.

Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Recipe Deluxe Journal:

Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Deluxe Recipe Journal is the ultimate kitchen accessory-perfect for jotting down and organizing recipes.

160 pages (lined), 6 x 8 inches, with a concealed wire-o binding

Barefoot Contessa Farm Stand Wire-o Bound Journal

Capture your thoughts in this beautifully designed lined journal inspired by the Barefoot Contessa.

160 pages (lined), 6 x 8 inches, with concealed wire-O binding

Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Sweet Expressions Small Note Cards In A Two- Piece Box: Small Note Cards in a Two-Piece Box

Make someone's day a little bit sweeter with these note cards that feature mouthwatering photographs of Ina Garten's heavenly desserts.

16 note cards, 4 each of 4 designs, 3½ x 5 inches, lidded two-piece box

Barefoot Contessa Dessert Recipes Signature Vertical Note Cards

With their delicious images and recipes, these lovely note cards are a pleasure to mail, share, and keep. The fold-Out format features a full-color photograph and recipe; the backs of the cards are blank so you can write a quick note to a friend and share a cooking tip.

12 vertical tri-fold cards, 3 each of 4 designs, with 13 envelopes, 4 x 5 inches, in a vertical hinged box

Barefoot Contessa Recipe Journal: With An Index Of Ina Gartens Cookbooks