In her very first cookbook, "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook," Ina Garten wrote that "a homemade dessert is a special reward." And she's been gifting her fans wonderful recipes for over two decades.

NEW YORK — Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly. It was the late ...

When Ina Garten gave up her job at the White House to buy a specialty food store in New York called Barefoot Contessa, she had never run a business. But the lessons she learned in that 400-square ...

Garten released a memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens." (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and ...

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 ...

When she was a toddler, she wasn’t into cartoons. She became a huge fan of “The Barefoot Contessa,” a cooking show helmed by the singular Ina Garten. Gabby would watch each episode rapt ...

Ina Garten’s mom didn’t hold back from sharing her scathing opinion. The Barefoot Contessa star, 76, got candid on how her mother, Florence, thought marrying her now-husband of 56 years ...