Ina-Garten

Ina Garten is an acclaimed American cook book author over the years. Ina is also the Emmy-winning host of Food Networks longest running show Barefoot Contessa and began its run in 2002. Ina began writing policy and nuclear energy documents for the White House. She initially found her career to be intellectually stimulating, however she soon lost interest, and opened a grocery store that was known as Barefoot Contessa. She spent eighteen years making the shop extremely popular prior to selling it and grabbing a pen to begin writing her first book. Numerous other books as well as magazines followed. Between them the Food Network show was also an enormous success. She sells many things, from food ingredients food preparation to kitchenware, storage and even cooking equipment. Ina herself, a self-taught chef and has not attended an institution for cooking or an establishment. Her easy-going approach to entertaining as well as her simple cooking style is well-known. Some of her most popular recipes are Skillet-Roasted Lemon Chicken Beatty's Chocolate Cake Mac and Cheese Beef Bourguignon Balsamic-Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Lemon Bars.