Feb 25 2009
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics is the essential Ina Garten cookbook, focusing on the techniques behind her elegant food and easy entertaining style, and offering nearly a hundred brand-new recipes that will become trusted favorites.
Ina Garten’s bestselling cookbooks have con-sistently provided accessible, subtly sophisticated recipes ranging from French classics made easy to delicious, simple home cooking. In Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Ina truly breaks down her ideas on flavor, examining the ingredients and techniques that are the foundation of her easy, refined style.
Here Ina covers the essentials, from ten ways to boost the flavors of your ingredients to ten things not to serve at a party, as well as professional tips that make successful baking, cooking, and entertaining a breeze. The recipes—crowd-pleasers like Lobster Corn Chowder, Tuscan Lemon Chicken, and Easy Sticky Buns—demonstrate Ina’s talent for transforming fresh, easy-to-find ingredients into elegant meals you can make without stress.
For longtime fans, Ina delivers new insights into her simple techniques; for newcomers she provides a thorough master class on the basics of Barefoot Contessa cooking plus a Q&A section with answers to the questions people ask her all the time. With full-color photographs and invaluable cooking tips, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics is an essential addition to the cherished library of Barefoot Contessa cookbooks.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Ina never disappoints.
It’s another wonderful book from the Barefoot Contessa filled with dishes that won’t test your patience and yet will satisfy your taste buds. Ina never fails to make you want to try these deliciously simple and tasty recipes. Text, recipes, photos and layout are first class and attractive to every level of cooking expertise.
5 Stars “barefoot” is the best
This is the best series of cookbooks I have EVER found. Ideas are simple, elegant, and fun.
5 Stars Really excellent
This is such a complete book-great recipes, method details and entertaining tips. Good for pros and beginners alike.
5 Stars Ina is better than ever!
I have all of Ina Garten’s books and while they are all great, this is one of the best. It’s loaded with recipes that are classics and you’ll make again and again.
5 Stars Very practical
Once again, Ina has produced very complete and simple receipes to offer your family and friends. Nice variety and popular with most people. Mary S.
