Ina Garten’s Coq au Vin Recipe: French Comfort Food in under 2 hours. Titled “Be Ready When the Luck Happens”,  the book takes Ina’s legions of fans from a surprisingly unhappy childhood (she and her mother did not get along) to her eventually happy marriage…

OF ALL THE DISHES SERVED FOR HANUKKAH, NONE IS MORE CLOSELY LINKED TO THE HOLIDAY THAN THIS SIMPLE POTATO LATKE. The Shammash being used to light the candles on the Hanakkah Menorah Friday is the first day of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights.  The…

We’d be hard-pressed to find anything easier to cook than Ina’s Seared Salmon with Red Pepper Aioli. The prep times for this recipe is 10 minutes tops, the cooking is 6 minutes and the fish rests for up to 5.  As Ina would say “How…

  “Leftover shrimp”? Not a chance! Ina’s Roasted Shrimp make Quesadillas too good for leftovers. Does anyone ever have leftover shrimp? If anything, when you serve these as appetizers, they’re so addictive, you are more likely to have nothing but a tail leftover.  Then I…

A perfect “Pasta Night” recipe. Unlike Meatless Monday or Taco Tuesday, Pasta Night is our own creation.  It’s the night when nothing is more comforting than a bowl of pasta with a really terrific sauce.  Inspired by Premio Sausages 1 lb. packages that mix both…

  Ina’s take on this French classic: Scallops in a creamy sauce with a hint of curry under a crust of bread crumbs and cheese.  I am a huge fan of Ina Garten or as a friend of mine once said “What’s not to like?” …

Two doyennes of home cooking’s recipes are combined in one spectacular dessert. Ina Garten gives great credit to her Easthampton neighbor, Martha Stewart for launching Ina’s publishing career.  They met when Ina was still running her food store, The Barefoot Contessa. It was Martha who…

This wonderful pasta dish is a great weeknight find.  A hack makes it even better.                       I like to make pasta at least once a week. It is our go-to comfort food. This week, I…

Shrimp has many virtues. Among them is the lightning speed in which they cook.   That is also their bugaboo.  Overcooked shrimp are dried out and rubbery. In a recent Cook’s Illustrated, Andrew Janjigian pointed out the problem.  Shrimp are best cooked at just 120…

Ina’s Recipe for this decadent potato, sausage and melted cheese dish is a must-make. Over the holidays, I was intrigued to see Raclette, the superb melting cheese from Switzerland, at Trader Joe’s. I thought about making Fondue but lost custody of my Fondue pot in…

 Ina Garten has done it again. Her 12th cookbook in 20 years is considered to be her best ever. Titled “Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa cookbook”, the new book arrived in October of last year.  As Katherine Gillen of PureWow.com wrote, “Maybe it’s because…

Ina Garten’s Winter Minestrone is remarkably simple to make.  Trust Ina Garten to give us a recipe so dead easy, that you could decide to make it an hour before dinner.  It’s from Ina’s 2012 cookbook “Foolproof” (Clarkson-Potter). I looked at the ingredient list and…

There’s nothing more luscious than a fresh summer peach. On Long Island, this year’s crop has been even more luscious than usual. Before we switch over to Fall’s Apples, bake this Fresh Peach Cake. It’s from Ina Garten so right off you know it’s going…

Ina Garten is one of those Food Mavens who can do no wrong. The Barefoot Contessa has by far the most popular posts on Chewing The Fat. Three of her recipes are in the Top Ten.  And they’re never the same three—varying by the season. …