Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust: A Cookbook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Food Network star and beloved home cook shares her secrets for pulling off deeply satisfying meals that have the "wow " factor we all crave

Start with delicious Dukes Cosmopolitans made with freshly squeezed lemon juice, plus Jalape o Cheddar Crackers that everyone will devour. Lunches include Hot Smoked Salmon, Lobster & Potato Salad, and Easy Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons, all featuring old-fashioned flavors with the volume turned up. Elegant Slow-Roasted Filet of Beef with Basil Parmesan Mayonnaise and show-stopping Seared Scallops & Potato Celery Root Pur e are just two of the many fabulous dinner recipes. And your guests will always remember the desserts, from Sticky Toffee Date Cake with Bourbon Glaze to Salted Caramel Brownies.

For Ina, "foolproof" means more than just making one dish successfully; it's also about planning a menu, including coordinating everything so it all gets to the table at the same time. In Barefoot Contessa Foolproof, Ina shows you how to make a game plan so everything is served hot while you keep your cool. There are notes throughout detailing where a recipe can go wrong to keep you on track, plus tips for making recipes in advance. It's as though Ina is there in the kitchen with you guiding you every step of the way.

With 150 gorgeous color photographs and Ina's invaluable tips, Barefoot Contessa Foolproof is a stunning yet infinitely practical cookbook that home cooks will turn to again and again.

ISBN-13: 9780307464873

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed

Publication Date: 10-30-2012

Pages: 272

Product Dimensions: 7.80(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.00(d)

Ina Garten is the host of the Emmy Award-winning Barefoot Contessa television show on Food Network. She lives in East Hampton, New York, with her husband, Jeffrey. This is her eighth cookbook.

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From the Publisher

A master caterer, TV celebrity, and prolific cookbook author, Garten will delight her legion of fans with this appetizing and welcoming cookbook. Garten focuses on foolproof cooking: recipes that work, are satisfying to eat, and can be made ahead of time… Once again Garten’s culinary wizardry will inspire, delight, and empower readers to entertain in true Barefoot Contessa style.
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
 
thanks!
introduction ten foolproof tips is it done yet?
 
cocktails starters lunch dinner vegetables desserts
 
foolproof menus index recipe index