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Cooking is a fun and practical skill to have and it can be hard starting out. That's why Ina Garten has a six-recipe rule she ...

Ina Garten isn't impressed by fancy gadgets, she's impressed by simplicty and effectiveness. When she approves of a tool, you ...

I went from a meatloaf hater to a meatloaf lover.

It's simple and sophisticated, aka peak Ina.

You simply combine olives and capers with their punchy brine, sweet pitted prunes, vinegar, oil, dried herbs, and an alarming (one and a half heads!)—but essential—amount of minced garlic, then add ...

Ina Garten. The Barefoot Contessa. Author of more than a dozen cookbooks (for which Garten tests every single recipe 25 times, just to make sure they're exactly right). Queen of "Store-bought is fine" ...