Homemade with fresh produce, these jams, concentrates and preserves are not the run-of-the-mill sweet spreads that pass off as fruit treats in the market. These fruity treats capture the warmth ...

She took a “crazy chance” and, responding to an ad in the New York Times, bought the Barefoot Contessa food store in the Hamptons for $20,000. She knew nothing about the business, but her ...

Ina Garten has shared dozens of recipes over the ... A mixture of apricot jelly and Calvados (an apple brandy) is brushed over the tart as it comes out of the oven, driving home the apple flavor.

Before the best-selling cookbooks, before owning Barefoot Contessa, even before cooking, Ina Garten worked as a nuclear policy analyst at the White House. In fact, when she bought her specialty ...

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 ...

Last month, Stewart called out the Barefoot Contessa in a profile for The New Yorker about the latter's life and career, telling the outlet that Garten stopped talking to her when she went to ...

Garten later penned a column for Martha Stewart Living and secured her first book deal with Stewart's help after bringing a publisher to her specialty food store, The Barefoot Contessa.