That's where she wrote her debut cookbook, "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook." The shop closed in 2004, facing competition from another specialty grocery store. There are no plans to reopen it ...

She certainly appears to believe her own mantra that "store-bought is fine." The Barefoot Contessa is a fan of one brand in particular, so much so that she mentions it on her website several times.

Ina Garten is the host of Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network and the author of 13 cookbooks. The popular TV show was inspired by Garten's specialty food store in the Hamptons, and she's become ...

If you don’t know Ina (but seriously, who doesn’t?), she’s the Barefoot Contessa, a former specialty food store owner turned cookbook legend and Food Network icon. Ina is all about simple ...

It’s so much more memorable than a store-bought box of chocolates. Get the recipe from Barefoot Contessa. Pixel-Shot/Adobe. This chocolate truffle recipe takes nearly no effort at all to make.