Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

Ina as she’s always been – buy this for more classic Ina, but don’t expect her to be different
I received my first Ina Garten cookbook, which coincidentally was her first, at a wedding shower for my first marriage – that’s a lot of firsts! She was instrumental in teaching me how to cook food like these recipes – interesting, easy, delicious.
Now, it’s 23 years later and I am a much more confident cook, thanks in large part to the 20+ years I have spent reading her books and watching her shows. Will I get as much out of this book as I did some of her earlier ones? Candidly, no. Many if not most of these recipes I could now cook without a recipe at all (although I am actually very eager to try her “recipe” – really cooking tips – for basmati rice, as I have always struggled with rice).
For Ina fans, as other reviewers have mentioned, there isn’t that much “new” here – although the flavors and visualization of these recipes reflect the evolution in cooking that has happened since she began (particularly the vegetables) and there are certainly some interesting combinations presented, as well as plenty of eye-catching, of-the-moment trends in food presentation and styling, such as the boards that are included in each section.
A select few recipes do seem to push things a little too far towards out and out recycling – for example a recipe that appeared in a previous book is here again, except this time it’s cupcakes with no other changes. And I have always had a problem with the waste in her stock recipes – three chickens that are cooked only for stock?? Ina, tell us to pull them out after 40 minutes to save the meat and then put the bones back in for four hours – no one needs to waste upwards of 30 dollars of chicken!
But, if this was my first Ina Garten cookbook, I’d love it. And, if I were newer to cooking and new to Ina, she’d be a revelation. I realized as I read this that I had been hoping for a slighter different Ina. Perhaps an “intermediate” Ina. But that’s on me – right on the cover of this book it says – “easy dinners.” So, if you love Ina, and you want to see what she’s up to right now, I would definitely recommend this book. But just don’t expect a different Ina – this is the same Ina we’ve all fallen in love with – and for good reason

Great receipes
I am not overly interested in cooking, but I have always found Ina Garten’s recipes to be easy to follow and they have always resulted in great tasting dishes. This is a big win for me!

Coffee table cookbook
Buying this cookbook is more like buying a coffee table book than a cookbook
Expect beautiful photographs of food and smiling faces from New England/East coast Hamptons elite
Ina Garten has taken the place of Martha Stewart as the chef hostess you would most like to eat with
Each recipe comes with a picture of finished recipe
The recipes are on the sparse side (low in number of recipes), but on the simple side (some recipes call for just 2-3 ingredients), quite a few are more side dishes than actual main entree recipes, and BOARDS seem to be a favorite of late
Not all the recipes are Ina Garten alone creations, she gives credit for recipes from people she has learned from or tweaked a bit
In doing a search of Ina’s cookbooks through the yrs, I noticed they all follow the same recipe of offerings: drinks, appetizers, breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts
She seems like a pleasant person who loves to cook for people and has tested her recipes multiple times before putting to book, but as a chef extraordinaire in terms of unique flavors, techniques, etc, I’m not so sure
I like the book. Look forward to trying some of the recipes, but not sure I would purchase every Ina Garten cookbook out there
However, if you like drooling over gorgeous photography of food in upper crust settings, this book is for you

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Great cook book

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