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Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust: A Cookbook Hardcover – October 30, 2012

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#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 Jalapeño 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 Purée 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.

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Ina’s secrets for pulling off deeply satisfying meals with the wow factor we all crave


	MODERN COMFORT FOOD	COOK LIKE A PRO	BAREFOOT CONTESSA AT HOME	BARFEOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS	COOKING FOR JEFFREY	BAREFOOT IN PARIS
	A collection of all-new soul-satisfying dishes!	Cook with confidence no matter how much experience you have in the kitchen!	Filled with signature recipes that strike the perfect balance between elegance and casual comfort.	Explore the techniques behind Ina Garten’s elegant food and easy entertaining style—nearly a hundred brand-new recipes that will become trusted favorites.	Garten shares the beloved recipes she's been cooking for her husband over the course of their marriage	Take a trip to Paris with Ina Garten as your guide through familiar dishes with her delightful twists that streamline recipes but still emerge with perfection.

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Featured Recipe from Ina Garten: Sticky Toffee Date Cake with Bourbon Glaze

Makes 1 cake

For the cake

¾ pound dates, pitted and chopped
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
¹⁄³ cup granulated sugar
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1½ tablespoons baking powder

For the sauce

12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
½ cup heavy cream
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons good bourbon, such as Maker's Mark
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Sweetened whipped cream, for serving

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9 x 2-inch round cake pan.

Place the dates in a deep saucepan with 1¾ cups of water. Bring to boil, stirring a little to break up the dates. Allow to simmer for 1 minute. Off the heat, stir in the baking soda (it will bubble up!). Set aside.

Meanwhile, in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and granulated sugar on medium speed for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, add the eggs, one at a time, and then the vanilla, scraping down the bowl. (The mixture may look curdled.) Combine the flour and salt and, with the mixer still on low, slowly add it to the batter. With the mixer on low, add the hot date mixture in two batches to the batter, scraping down the bowl. The batter will be runny but don't worry! Stir in the baking powder, which will also bubble up. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Meanwhile, combine the butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, and salt in a medium saucepan and bring to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 minute. Off the heat, stir in the bourbon and vanilla and pour into a 2-cup heat-proof glass measuring cup. Set aside. As soon as the cake is done, poke holes all over it with a toothpick. Pour three-quarters of the sauce evenly over the cake while still warm and allow it to soak in for 30 minutes. Turn the cake out bottom side up onto a flat serving plate and pour the remaining sauce on top. Cool completely.

Serve at room temperature with sweetened whipped cream.

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How many magazine, newspaper, and book recipes have resulted in major dining disasters, or at least less-than-optimum visual and tasty delights? Not content to rely on titles alone, nationally known cook and TV host Garten, aka the Barefoot Contessa, carefully counsels reader-chefs on turning out perfect dishes and menus every time. Each page, if not featuring a list of foolproof techniques and tips, includes all the right directions as well as photographs. Just a sampling of the ideas that make her 100 dishes work: freeze cookie dough but not already baked cookies; when a dish specifies fleur de sel, don’t use kosher salt; avoid serving appetizers on Thanksgiving, but do cook in abundance, so that guests go home with leftovers. Her treats, as always (and like her packaged mixes), are stomach pleasers: mustard and gruyère batons, lobster mac and cheese, salted caramel brownies, and cinnamon baked donuts, among others. --Barbara Jacobs

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarkson Potter; 1st Edition (October 30, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0307464873
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0307464873
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.78 x 1 x 10.27 inches

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Ina Garten is a New York Times bestselling author, the host of Be My Guest on Discovery+, and host of Barefoot Contessa on Food Network, for which she has won five Emmy Awards and a James Beard Award. She lives in East Hampton, New York, with her husband, Jeffrey.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 18, 2013

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Up front I'll admit to owning all of Ina's cookbooks, so obviously I'm a fan. That being said, during the years I was raising my children her books wouldn't have worked for me as well. Generally speaking, the recipes are geared more toward a sophisticated adult palate, and the main focus is flavor not budget-friendly meals. Therefore if you find yourself the parent of 3 picky elementary school age children, her books, including FOOLPROOF, may not be for you - at least not yet. Now that it's just my husband, my 20 something daughter, and myself, we eat Ina based meals at least once a week, and often several times a week. When my husband asks, "What's for dinner?" and I answer, "Something from Ina", he automatically assumes it will be delicious and doesn't ask any further questions. She is my go to guru for entertaining as well. I've been "asked for the recipe" on numerous occasions, and I've frequently found that people have heard of Ina and would like to try one of her books but don't know which to choose. This would be a good place to start because, while in my opinion Ina hasn't put out a bad cookbook, I do feel that she keeps getting better and better. Since this is her latest, it has all the charm and yummy recipes that we've come to expect coupled with her own evolving ability to streamline instructions, offer helpful tips, and make the cook feel relaxed and confident. She has also become a bit more conscious about cutting back on salt and butter than in her earlier books, but don't expect it to be a diet book. However, while she may not offer the lowest fat recipes on the planet, what I do appreciate about her is that she puts a lot of emphasis on fresh fruits and vegetables and buying local and organic when possible, plus she offers genuinely delicious recipes for various whole grains, legumes, salads, and fish/seafood. Some reviewers have accused Ina of repeating recipes in several of her books. While that may be the case on a few occasions, I think it is painting an unfair and not entirely accurate picture. Ironically, Ina's ability to look at an older recipe and find ways to give it a new twist is one of my favorite things about her. She doesn't reinvent the wheel with each new recipe, which can be daunting for home cooks anyway. Rather she uses techniques and ideas she's already helped us to become familiar with and puts a new, fresh spin on then. I've made quite a few of the recipes in this book, and they've all been very good and satisfying to the soul. Each double-page spread features a gorgeous full-page photograph of the finished product and the complete recipe. I hate when I have to flip back and forth between pages! Two other cookbooks that I particularly like are Back to Basics and How Easy is That? for all the reasons I've noted above. It may help if you're undecided to go to her web site, [...] and click on the Cookbook Index tab where you will find a list of all the recipes by cookbook. It's cheaper to buy them here on Amazon, because the only cookbooks you can purchase on her site are autographed copies. If that's your thing, though, it may be worth the extra money. BOTTOM LINE: If you like Ina's other books, you'll most likely enjoy this new collection of recipes and ideas. And if you're new to Ina, this is a good place to start.

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Once again, Ina has come out with a not-to-be missed cookbook. The recipes are, indeed, foolproof.

"Foolproof means so many,things to me. Clearly, it means that the recipe works-that goes without saying. But there's more to it than that. It's a dish that's deeply satisfying to eat; it's a company-friendly meal that can ne made in advance to reduce your stress; and it's an putrageously delicious dessert that's so easy to make that it becomes part of your regular repertoire. I want these all to be the recipes that you love so much that you make them over and over again because *that's* when a recipe becomes truly foolproof: when you feel that you can almost make it with your eyes closed." EDIT: to be sure this paragraph is recognized as a quote from the book.

She begins with some general cooking tips and then moves into cocktails. Don't miss the Caramelized Bacon nor the Parmesan Crisps (we've probably all made them, but she gives 'em a new -to me- twist.)

In the section on Starters, her Gazpacho with Goat Cheese Croutons is a winner, using canned Marzano tomatoes. I've always loved mussels, made the traditional French way. We have them at least once a month. I was dubious about her Mussels with Saffron Mayonnaise, but decided to try it, but making my own mayonnaise. Delightful! It will be hard to decide which method to use in the future. The Marinated Artichoke Hearts (Artichaut Barigoule) are fabulous. She adds sun-dried tomatoes, carrots, olives, and more.

For Lunch, there's nothing that can touch the Lobster and Potato Salad. Ina says, "The name Barefoot Contessa is about the juxtaposition of elegant and earthy." Perfect! We also enjoyed the Balsamic Roasted Beet Salad; and the recipe for easy Hollandaise is, in fact, easy, and will actually hold for a while!

So many good choices for Dinner. Mustard-Marinated Flank Steak; Amelia's Jambalaya; Straw and Hay with Gorgonzola...I could go on and on. Everything I've tried has been fantastic, not just good.

Vegetables. Sides are always difficult, at least for me. She has given us so many interesting choices here that I feel I can serve up sparkling menus time after time. A few faves: Crispy Roasted Kale (so simple, and I also serve this as hors d'oeuvres); crispy English Potatoes; brown Rice and Wheatberries; and Balsamic Toasted Brussels Sprouts.

Desserts are usually a puzzlement for me. We're not big on desserts, and I look for very light, small, simple things. But her Orange French Lace Cookies, and the traditonal Prunes in Armagnac fill the bill nicely.

Then come sections on Foolproof Table Settings (she does this so well) and Foolproof Menus (perhaps my favorite part of the book.). The menus' dishes either link to recipes in this book, or refer to which of her other books contains them. Very useful.

Finally, Sources...because she gives us her favorite brand name ingredients, it's nice to know where to get them.

Once again, Ina Garten, dare I call her today's Perlel Mesta?, has given us a "complete" book on a culinary/entertaining focus. This book will serve anyone, barest beginner (no cookbook should be without intructions for making chicken stock, and this one has it!) to the most accomplished home cook.

Edited on 15 May by OP, mostly to correct a multitude of typos! Sheesh!

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I love Ina and her cookbooks! I bought this as a secondhand buy, was advertised as being ‘Used - Very Good’ but upon receiving it I would of said more just ‘Used - Good’ there are quite a few marks through out the book and library stamps. Since this was bought for me I’m happy to live with it but think paying just over £10 (when it came with a £3.99 price sticker attached) could of been better value. 4 stars due to condition.

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I'm a manic cook possessed of over 300 cookery books but I still buy IG's books. She sits well next to Elizabeth David on my shelves although she is a completely different cook and writer.

I'm a British cook and some American cookery books sold on the British market are un-necessarily complicated but in general, IG's books are easy to follow. Some ingredients are unusual and some are the same but have different names (eg coriander and cilantro) but, as Corporal Jones would say "Don't panic!" - you CAN cope!

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It's Ina at her best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 11, 2013

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This has been bought as a present for someone that watched Barefoot Contessa regularly on the TV, it has some great recipes and its laid out well.
It was a bit of a pantomine with the order as it got lost in the post before turning up the same day as the re-order but praise should be given to Amazon customer services who handled the delivery problems efficiently

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Irene

If you follow her recipes to the letter they definitely work out good. Well presented book and would recommend this book ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 17, 2015

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Lovely pictures and recipes. If you follow her recipes to the letter they definitely work out good. Well presented book and would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys cooking. Nothing too complicated. Only one fault, it would be helpful if measurements were also in pounds/ounces and grams. What weight is a stick of butter or 1/16 of a cup? Having to look these things up is a bit of a bother and so easily remedied.

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Excellent choice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 10, 2013

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I love Ina. I have watched her shows, used her recipes, referred to her books when I have wanted clarification on meal plans in particular and have never been dissapointed. This book has Ina's trademark no nonsense approach to meal planning including drinks, which are my weak point, as I never know what to offer as an alternative to wine.

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