NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of ... named after a 1954 Ava Gardner movie but perfectly summing up her philosophy of both elegant and earthy.

It’s a homespun show that gives cooking fans an alternative to the fast-paced reality cooking shows that seem to dominate ...

But, like most that appears only to glitter, the Barefoot Contessa's trajectory hasn't always been lined with gold alone. The brick-and-mortar store Barefoot Contessa, which eventually became ...

She's invited the public into her kitchen via the release of 13 cookbooks featuring recipes that take the stress out of entertaining (our favorite Garten cookbook, "Barefoot Contessa: Foolproof ...

I would be around 16 years old when I attempted to sneak out the door to catch the bus into town for a day of shopping with ...

Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, Dec. 12, 1951: Ava Gardner grants one of her magnetic smiles to a young German customs official after arriving at Rhein-Main Air Base with her newly minted husband ...

For starters, they're thriving professionally. As Contessa shared in a Sept. 2024 interview with The Daily Dish, "We actually are expanding our practice ... A building became available not far ...