The Barefoot Contessa says non-patterned tableware 'makes the food look best.' Just one of her dishes costs more than this whole collection!

Up close, you can see the incredible detailing of the dinnerware pattern, which features vintage-esque illustrations of Christmas standards like candy canes, snowmen, bells, and wreaths. Judging from ...

But the rest of that enlightenment, well, that comes from a lot of hard work—work that is evident on her album Patterns, out October 25. “Thematically, this record is a love letter to self ...