Product ReviewsBarefoot Contessa at Home : Everyday Recipes You'll Make over and over Again: a Cookbook by Ina Garten (2006, Hardcover)

Barefoot contessa cookbook - At Home

Great book. She write very easy recipes, mostly all ingredients we have in our pantries. After watching her show for years I decided to get a few of her books. So glad I did ! 🙂

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Barefoot Contessa knows her way around the Kitchen!

Ina Garten is a wonderful cook and cookbook author. Her recipes are simple, yet elegant, and most are quite easy to prepare and don't require a lot of ingredients. She covers the range from appetizers to desserts, and offers menu suggestions to help when you're in a rut.

I own several of Garten's cookbooks and enjoy them all. She has an easy style and casual way of communication that makes anyone feel like they are capable of recreating the dishes in her books. Garten is passionate about her ingredients, and offers tips on various brands she feels are the best, to help your finished dish turn out as best as it can.

This book is filled with beautiful photographs, which add to its appeal. Most of us want to see what the recipe we'll be preparing will look like when it's done.

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Ina has the very best recipes for me and my family !

I Love Ina's recipes and she is my favorite Chef ~~ she has taught me a lot and I use her recipes often and with much success !! My family loves what I prepare for meals using her good advice and ideas for serving !!
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Elegance and Beauty

I got familiar with the author through watching her cooking show on food TV. Her elegant style just immediately caught my attention. This book itself is like a piece of art. I enjoyed just flipping through it. Each recipe has a beautiful picture on glossy paper, which is really helpful in understanding the food I'm making. I always like to see the picture before I try out the recipe, so I know what I will be making. :) The recipes are divided into the following sections:

soup and sandwich
salads
dinner
vegetables
dessert
breakfast

I just tried one muffin recipe and it turned out to be absolutely delicious. It was the best muffin I've ever had. So much better than any store bought ones. Not only the recipes are simple, Ina also teaches some tricks on cooking and shopping. Great to have.

This book is highly recommanded whether or not you enjoy the cooking.

Happy Cooking!
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Excellent All Around Cookbook - A Must Have

This is a great cookbook by Ina Garten and one, frankly, that is not seen often up for sale. I forgot she has written this book about the beginning recipes from the Barefoot Contessa when she owned it. I recommend this book for the simple but truly flavorful recipes she has. Loved the Lemon Fusilli and Roasted Homey Potatoes, two great. easy, fast dishes to make all year round. Loved this book and glad its in my cookbook collection.Read full review...

A fun read for an avid cook

Ina Garten's cookbooks are some of my favorites. Flavorful recipes are easy to follow and pre-owned books often have helpful observations written in margins. So fun!

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Excellent cookbook for both beginner or seasoned cook

I initially borrowed this cookbook from the library but after trying several recipes and finding them all winners I knew I had to have this book in my cookbook collection. Like many of Barefoot Contessa's recipes, they almost always are winners. This particular book has many no nonsense ingredient recipes. This book would be great for the beginner or the seasoned cook.Read full review...

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Barefoot Contessa - Fabulous Chef, Fabulous Book

I am a huge fan of Ina Garten. I love watching her shows and I love to cook. I saw the book at Target but thought it was too pricey so I went home and found for far less on ebay. It came just in time for Thanksgiving and I cooked a fabulous dinner (with Ina's recipes from the book, of course) that everyone loved. Barefoot Contessa at Home is absolutely fabulous. Not only are the recipes easy to understand, but they are simplistic in their sophisticated execution. The recipes are realistic - they're not just for fancy dinners! They're everyday dishes that don't take the whole day to prepare. Who could ask for more? I highly recommend this book. It's not just a cookbook, it's an answered prayer for simple, 5 star recipes that even little ol' me could make the way Ina intended. Fabulous.Read full review...

awesome book

love her cookbooks, love her recipes, easy to follow and enjoy

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A must addition to everyones recipe books!

Recipes that are fairly easy and do not have an ingredient list a mile long, with plenty of photos!

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