Ina Garten

Ina Garten is the host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa. Garten originally worked in the White House on nuclear energy policy, but abandoned that job after acquiring a speciality food store on Long Island called Barefoot Contessa. By the time she sold the store to her employees two decades later, it was seven times its original size. She went on to write several cookbooks and columns for Martha Stewart Living and O. Her Food Network show, which shares its name with the specialty store, focuses on hearty, guest-oriented food.

Garten is married to Jeffery Garten, dean of Yale's School of Management.

Bibliography

• The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (1999)
• Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun (2001)
• Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family (2002)
• Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Recipe Deluxe Journal (2003)
• Barefoot in Paris (2004)

Sources and external links

• Ina Garten's Food Network Page
• Recipes from The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook