"She's the perfect blend of ease and sophistication. Cooking should be just good, fresh ingredients - enhanced," says Garten, author of four cookbooks including her latest best seller, "Barefoot in Paris."Ībout - million viewers tune in to each segment of her show on the Food Network to watch the 56-year-old chef, whose name, Barefoot Contessa, was inspired by the classic 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner. "I hope my food is infused with pleasure. But inside, the scent of fruitcake cookies baking in the oven warmed Garten's home. Outside, in this eastern Long Island beach community, it is an icy winter's day. A sweet, seductive aroma floats from the shiny black table top into a sunny alcove facing the garden, just steps from the stove she uses on her Food Network show.Ĭomfortable in Belgian loafers, Garten moves with unhurried ease between the Viking stove and the granite island counter, pristine and adorned with a huge bouquet of flowers. The television chef known to millions as the Barefoot Contessa carries the jar to her kitchen table and pulls out one long bean, slits it open and scrapes out the moist seeds that are the fruit of an orchid. Ina Garten's favorite cooking ingredient sits in a tightly sealed glass jar that hasn't been washed for about a quarter of a century: vanilla beans in vodka.
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