Ina Garten - The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook: Secrets from the East Hampton Specialty Food Store for Simple Food and Party Platters You Can Make at Home

Pros: Delicious and simple recipes with beautiful photographs
Cons: What's not to like??

My hero worship of Ina Garten began with her first book, “The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook.” As I stated in a recent review, entitled “I Wanna Be Ina Garten,” h ttp://www.epinions.com/content _126284238468, ...

Pros: Easy to follow recipes. DELICIOUS.
Cons: Some recipes might be pricey...they also make LARGE quantities.

I am a HUGE fan of Ina Garten, aka Barefoot Contessa. I have all of her cookbooks and am a devotee of her television show on Food Network. Yes, she lives in The Hamptons, is married to the former head of Yale Business School, and has more money than ...

Pros: Her cheese and dessert platter ideas are life savers!
Cons: Ina doesn't like or use cilantro in her guacamole. It's her only fault! ;)

Ina is the arbiter of all things fabulous! I'm a total foodie. It happened accidentally. I was living in a new town and only had my cooking to keep me sane. A passion for wonderful food bubbled to the surface and I've been going strong ever since. ...

Pros: delicious recipes, great photos, casual style
Cons: some of the dishes are extremely rich

The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook is a treasure for anyone who enjoys cooking and entertaining. Ina Garten has done a superb job creating a cookbook that presents fabulous food without being intimidating. The full-color photographs are gorgeous, and makes...

Pros: Fantastic recipes, easy enough to make, so very tasty when finished!
Cons: Recipes sometimes too large, but easy to cut in half.

I love cookbooks because I love to cook, and when I had my part-time bookstore job, this one caught my eye as I put it on the shelf. The pictures are gorgeous and the book itself is so well presented, but what really kept me coming back to it are the...

Pros: Lots of flavor, ingredients can be found with minimum of effort, gorgeous layout
Cons: Bland palates will need to dial back on some ingredients.

I love all the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks. Ina has done a superb job of creating recipes that the home cook can duplicate. Ingredients are common enough that even in remote areas can be found with a minimum of research. The recipes are easy to make and Ina's big on flavor. I've made a lot of recipes from cookbooks and my most common complaint is that they often lack any real flavor or texture. Not so with any of the Barefoot Contessa recipes.

If you like to entertain, this book is for you. Complex flavors with little effort. That's the way to go!