Who is ina garten




















The food is very good and very simple, which I think is also very elegant. How did you come to write your first book, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook? Was it hard to do? I realized that I simplified cooking for the store so we could make large quantities of delicious food very easily, and I thought people would want to do that at home. Furthermore, I taught myself how to not only make things in advance, but also to make things that actually taste better if they're made in advance.

So, the cookbook invites readers into the store for our most popular dishes that can be made easily at home. The book met with enormous success, becoming a bestseller, and everybody is cooking from it. Did the success surprise you? Why do you think it has received such a good response? I was shocked at the success of The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook. I think in a world of cookbooks that are designed for chefs to show off their special style, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook came across as accessible -- with food that everyone really wants to eat.

I think my experience with the store has taught me that, while people like really interesting meals when they go to restaurants, they really prefer very simple food at home. Your newest book, Barefoot Contessa Parties! Why parties? I wrote Barefoot Contessa Parties! And that meant that the simpler the food, the more relaxed the hosts are. My philosophy of simple food made in advance works very well for entertaining as well as cooking for your family. Is the menu the most important eleme nt in a party?

What has to be present for a party to be a great party? As I said, relaxed hosts are the key to a good party.

I think a thoughtful guest list including people that you really want to see is next. Good music sets the tone. Surprises are terrific -- a lunch on Sunday afternoon, a picnic at the beach -- all set the scene.

And the food is the last detail that's important, but certainly not the most important. Do you have any perennial party tips? For instance, how loud should the music be? What mix of guests should one invite? I do everything possible to make things easy. First, when people arrive there's a table set up with fixings for drinks so people can help themselves. I serve very simple nibbles like roasted cashews and good olives -- nothing wrapped in phyllo.

I never serve a first course, just a delicious dinner and dessert. And finally, I try to assemble as much of the meal as possible -- maybe a peach, a sweet dessert wine, and a macaroon from a bakery for dessert. You say in Barefoot Contessa Parties!

Which books do you find yourself turning to most consistently, and how do they help? The books that inspire me most are the ones from other specialty food stores and restaurants, because the recipes are tried and true. I love all the Loaves and Fishes cookbooks. And I use Patricia Wells' cookbooks about cooking in France. That's easy -- it was , and my husband and I were just married and living in North Carolina.

I threw a big Sunday brunch for a crowd of 20 that I hardly knew, and determined to make a fresh omelet for each guest!

I knew immediately what I had done wrong. A party isn't about food, it's about people. I spent all my time in the kitchen, and from the living room -- no talking, no laughter! My best party was one I planned in advance, so that I had absolutely nothing to do except visit with my guests. It was a summer garden party to celebrate the publication of my first book.

I think it was a successful formula, so I wrote about it in Barefoot Contessa Parties! The scene, the recipes, and tips are on page of the book. I really have no idea! I like small parties so I can really get to know people.

Large parties tend to be less satisfying to me unless it's an unusual occasion. I much prefer to host a party than be a guest. First of all, I love getting ready for a party. And second of all, I get to choose the guests! When you're off duty and not at a party, what kind of meal do you enjoy, just to relax?

My favorite meal is a simple roast chicken with vegetables in the roasting pan. I really don't have a favorite restaurant for the moment. I always like Eli Zabar's restaurants, E. I always have a great time there. The party is over, the guests have gone home. Ina Garten and her husband Jeffrey have been married for 52 years. The pair originally 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. They have been together ever since, despite being separated by Jeffrey's work and service in the army. Even more recently, the couple makes a long-distance relationship work while Ina Garten lives in the Hamptons and Jeffrey works at Yale University during the week.

And when this happened, I thought, oh, I guess that's what's it's going to be like I have to say, it's great. Garten then decided to discontinue her studies at Syracuse University and focused on cooking for her husband. However, Jeffrey pushed her to pursue her passions for business and cooking, and she later earned her degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

According to Insider , Garten worked under both Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, helping to write the nuclear energy budget. Read more: Ina Garten says she quit her White House job to buy a grocery shop at the age of 30 thanks to advice from her husband. Read more: 13 things you probably didn't know about Julia Child. The small specialty food store already bore the name when Garten purchased it, but she liked it so much that she decided to keep it. The original store owners were inspired by the movie "The Barefoot Contessa.

But for me, it means being both elegant and earthy," Garten wrote in a blog post. The first initial 5, copies of "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook," plus an extra 15, the publisher ordered in advance because of strong press engagement, sold out almost immediately. Garten has now sold millions of copies internationally between her 12 cookbooks.

I really appreciate that other people do and we will always have friends that have children that we are close to So it's a choice and that was the choice I made. In , Garten posted an Instagram photo with celebrity friend Jennifer Garner chowing down on some animal-style burgers. Taylor Swift ''. We listen to it over and over and over again. Read more: What Taylor Swift eats in a day.



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