Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simpl…

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The essential Ina Garten cookbook, focusing on the techniques behind her elegant food and easy entertaining style, and offering nearly a hundred brand-new recipes that will become trusted favorites

Ina Garten’s bestselling cookbooks have consistently provided accessible, subtly sophisticated recipes ranging from French classics made easy to delicious, simple home cooking. In Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Ina truly breaks down her ideas on flavor, examining the ingredients and techniques that are the foundation of her easy, refined style.

Here Ina covers the essentials, from ten ways to boost the flavors of your ingredients to ten things not to serve at a party, as well as professional tips that make successful baking, cooking, and entertaining a breeze. The recipes—crowd-pleasers like Lobster Corn Chowder, Tuscan Lemon Chicken, and Easy Sticky Buns—demonstrate Ina’s talent for transforming fresh, easy-to-find ingredients into elegant meals you can make without stress.

For longtime fans, Ina delivers new insights into her simple techniques; for newcomers she provides a thorough master class on the basics of Barefoot Contessa cooking plus a Q&A section with answers to the questions people ask her all the time. With full-color photographs and invaluable cooking tips, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics is an essential addition to the cherished library of Barefoot Contessa cookbooks.

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A collection of all-new soul-satisfying dishes! Cook with confidence no matter how much experience you have in the kitchen! Garten shares her secrets for pulling off deeply satisfying meals that have the “wow!” factor we all crave… Filled with signature recipes that strike the perfect balance between elegance and casual comfort. 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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarkson Potter
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 28, 2008
Edition ‏ : ‎ Second Ed
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1400054354
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1400054350
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.77 x 0.9 x 10.3 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Barefoot Contessa
Best Sellers Rank: #5,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Blender Recipes #23 in Cooking for One or Two #51 in Quick & Easy Cooking (Books)
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