Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family

Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family See Latest Price & Discount EAN: 9780609610664 Editorial Reviews: Book Description Ina Garten, who shared her gift for casual entertaining in the bestselling Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and Barefoot Contessa Parties!, is back with her most enticing recipes yet—a collection of her favorite dishes for everyday cooking. In Barefoot Contessa Family Style, Ina explains that sharing our lives and tables with those we love is too essential to be saved just for special occasions—and it’s easy to do if you know how to cook irresistible meals with a minimum of fuss. For Ina, the best way to make guests feel at home is to serve them food that’s as unpretentious as it is delicious. So in her new book, she’s collected the recipes that please her friends and family most—dishes like East Hampton Clam Chowder, Parmesan Roasted Asparagus, and Linguine with Shrimp Scampi. It’s the kind of fresh, accessible food that’s meant to be passed around the table in big bowls or platters and enjoyed with warm conversation and laughter. In Ina’s hands tried-and-true dishes are even more delicious than you remember them: Her arugula salad is bright with the flavors of lemon and Parmesan, the Oven-Fried Chicken is crispy without excess fat, and her Deep-Dish Apple Pie has the perfect balance of fruit and spice. Barefoot Contessa Family Style also includes enticing recipes that are memorable and distinctive, like Lobster Cobb Salad, Tequila Lime Chicken, and Saffron Risotto with Butternut Squash. With vivid photographs of Ina cooking and serving food in her beautiful Hamptons home, as well as menu suggestions, practical wisdom on what to do when disaster strikes in the kitchen, and tips on creating an inviting ambience with music, Barefoot Contessa Family Style is the must-have guide to the joy of everyday entertaining. Customer Reviews: Review #1: INA ROCKS - she's the so simple, tastes gourmet queen 2007-03-14 Easy, simple, high quality food - this is what all cook books should be like! The bottom line is it tastes phenomenal and impresses your friends and family. These recipes do that - each and every one of them. I really feel like Ina personally and carefully selected each recipe for her book and not here editors or some intern. Good job Ina - Loved the food I made from this book!!! ***** 5 Stars Review #2: I don't like to cook 2007-03-14 I don't like to cook. I become easily frustrated with complex instruction and I have to tell you I LOVE this book. I cook from it all the time and not a single recipe has been difficult. All of the recipes have been great. Even my kids love them. I have never before found recipes my kids enjoyed as much. I have a closet full of cookbooks and I feel like throwing them all away to make room for a shrine to INA. I just got my daughter a copy. She is just living on her own and beginning to entertain. What a fantastic gift for the new cook and the I hate to cook cook and for anyone who wants a fantastic cookbook cook. The best cookbook I have ever owned. Thank you INA. Review #3: Fantastic! 2007-03-12 My fiance and I are just starting to branch out from pasta and pizza :) We saw this book at Crate and Barrel and decided to go for it. Ina's book is colorful and easy to follow. We have tried many of the recipes in this book with complete success. We are reallly happy with the results--and I am now back on Amazon to buy another of her books! Truly a great buy. Review #4: I always go back to this book 2007-03-05 I've made several recipes in this book, and they all turn out completely fantastic. The shrimp scampi, though slightly different than your traditional shrimp scampi (drenched in butter and white wine), is absolutely phenomenal--by far the best I've ever had. I'm supposed to make a big Southern meal for my boyfriend for his birthday--fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, etc--and it has to be perfect, since he recently moved from his home in Alabama to California. The first thing I did was go to this book, and found exactly what I was looking for, even though Ina is not considered a "Southern" cook. I have every confidence in the recipes. I highly recommend this cookbook. Ina's recipes are so classy, though not pretentious. Review #5: Love Ina, love the book 2007-02-28 The recipes in this book are relatively simple to make and delicious. I love the pictures that go with the recipes. This is my second Ina Garten cookbook, and I love it as much as her original cookbook. Your dinner will take on just a hint of class when using the recipes in this book. Very easy, but somewhat sophisticated.