Barefoot Contessa back to basics - Ina Garten

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The essential Ina Garten cookbook, focusing on
the techniques behind her elegant food and easy entertaining style, and offering
nearly a hundred brand-new recipes that will become trusted favorites

Ina Garten's bestselling cookbooks have consistently provided accessible, subtly sophisticated
recipes ranging from French classics made easy to delicious, simple home cooking.
In Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Ina truly breaks down her ideas on flavor, examining
the ingredients and techniques that are the foundation of her easy, refined style.

Here Ina covers the essentials, from ten ways to boost the flavors of your ingredients
to ten things not to serve at a party, as well as professional tips that make successful
baking, cooking, and entertaining a breeze. The recipes-crowd-pleasers like Lobster
Corn Chowder, Tuscan Lemon Chicken, and Easy Sticky Buns-demonstrate Ina's talent
for transforming fresh, easy-to-find ingredients into elegant meals you can make
without stress.

For longtime fans, Ina delivers new insights into her simple techniques;
for newcomers she provides a thorough master class on the basics of Barefoot Contessa
cooking plus a Q&A section with answers to the questions people ask her all the time.
With full-color photographs and invaluable cooking tips, Barefoot Contessa Back to
Basics is an essential addition to the cherished library of Barefoot Contessa cookbooks.