Ina Garten has built a career as the Barefoot Contessa, making simple, good food that people can eat at home. There are the TV shows, more than a dozen bestselling cookbooks, and it all started with a ...

When Garten released her first cookbook — The Barefoot Contessa — back in 1999, she included an easy, yet delicious recipe for a Cinco de Mayo party must: guacamole. The only ingredients you’ll need ...

Ina Garten is reflecting on a career move that changed her life. On May 25, the 75-year-old TV host posted a throwback photo on Instagram of the Barefoot Contessa specialty-food shop she purchased in ...

Instead of serving traditional holiday foods like hot dogs and hamburgers, Garten says she likes to “shake things up” on Independence Day. The main dish on her menu this year is Grilled Herbed Shrimp ...

The Food Network star bought her Westhampton Beach, N.Y. gourmet food shop in 1978 Sabrina Weiss is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE's food department. She writes the weekly recipes for the print ...

Ina Garten’s 56-year marriage to husband Jeffrey is stronger than ever now, but it nearly fell apart when she opened her Barefoot Contessa specialty food store in 1978. The 76-year-old celebrity chef ...