For the first time, trusted and beloved cookbook author Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, answers the number one question she receives from cooks: Can I make it ahead? If you've ever found yourself stuck in front of the stove at your own party, scrambling to get everything to the table at just the right moment, Ina is here to let you in on her secrets! Thanks to twenty years of running a specialty food store and fifteen years writing cookbooks, she...

The Food Network celebrity chef presents a collection of accessible recipes that feature readily available ingredients, revealing how to use strategic menu planning and culinary know-how to prepare such options as lobster corn fritters, slow-roasted filet of beef with basil parmesan mayonnaise, and sticky toffee date cake.

Explains how to transform readily available ingredients into an easy-to-prepare meal, introducing nearly one hundred original recipes for everything from lobster and corn chowder to easy sticky buns.

As America's most trusted and beloved cookbook author, Ina Garten--the Barefoot Contessa--has taught millions of people how to cook. A home cook at heart, Ina knows that cooking and entertaining can be difficult, so to make her recipes simple and streamlined, she tests and retests each recipe until it's as straightforward and delicious as possible. Although Ina is completely self-taught and doesn't consider herself to be a "professional" cook, she...

Contains 75 recipes from many different countries and regions for children and adults to use together.

An array of recipes and entertaining ideas for hosting Thanksgiving dinners and parties.

Cooking during the pandemic inspired Garten to rethink the way she approached dinner. Here shares strategies for making delicious, satisfying, and uncomplicated dinners. Many of the recipes are freeze-ahead, make-ahead, prep-ahead, or simply assembled from leftovers from another dinner. She even shows you how to assemble amazing boards using store-bought ingredients! -- adapted from front flap