Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics

106 Pages·2011·3.52 MB·English

by  Ina Garten

ALSO BY INA GARTEN
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Barefoot Contessa Parties!
Barefoot Contessa Family Style
Barefoot in Paris
Barefoot Contessa at Home
Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?
Barefoot Contessa Foolproof
Copyright © 2008 by Ina Garten All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing
Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
www.crownpublishing.com
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CLARKSON POTTER is a trademark and POTTER with colophon is a registered trademark of Random
House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garten, Ina.
Barefoot Contessa back to basics: fabulous flavor from simple ingredients / Ina Garten; photographs
by Quentin Bacon.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. Cookery. 2. Barefoot Contessa (Store). I. Title.
TX714.G3635 2008
641.5—dc22 2008010658
eISBN: 978-0-30788549-4
Food styling by Cyd McDowell
Prop styling by Philippa Brathwaite
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introduction
cocktail hour
soup
lunch
dinner
vegetables
dessert
breakfast
FAQs
credits
sources
barn sources and resources
menus
index
recipe index

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One of the pleasures of writing cookbooks is that it’s this handmade object in
a world where everything’s manufactured. I particularly love that I get to
collaborate with so many people who I adore and admire, and the result is
better than what any one of us alone could have created. First and foremost, I
want to thank my dear friend Sarah Chase, who writes wonderful cookbooks
(Nantucket Open-House Cookbook among others) and who constantly inspires
me with her recipes and ideas. I also want to thank my assistant, Barbara
Libath, who’s by my side all day every day shopping, baking, tweaking, and
suggesting until the recipe I have in mind is exactly right.
For me, photographs are a very important part of my cookbooks; I want
you to see the photograph and feel like licking the page. My friend Quentin
Bacon takes the most beautiful photographs. Cyd McDowell makes luscious
food and Philippa Brathwaite brings beautiful china and linens for us to use.
Some of my happiest days are the ones we spend working together.
And then there’s the book itself; my brilliant editor, Pam Krauss, knows
exactly when to say the right word to keep me on track and when to step out
of harm’s way when my obsessions kick in. She makes me look so much
smarter than I am. Marysarah Quinn and I have more fun than should be
legal working on the book design together; thank you for putting up with me.
And thank you to Lauren Shakely at Clarkson Potter and Jenny Frost at
Crown for always believing in me. And of course, my wonderful agent,
Esther Newberg, who is always on my side, no matter what.
And finally, there’s my sweet husband, Jeffrey, who, no matter what I
serve him, thinks it’s the most delicious thing he’s ever eaten. I love making
him happy and his delight keeps me looking for the best recipes I can
possibly make.