I’ll be making this quick dinner on repeat all spring long Garten says it's dreamy comfort food—and we're making it ASAP time-saving trick that you’ll be shocked you never thought of before Ina Garten’s 3 Favorite Salts, Reviewed (and When to Use Them) “Spaghetti carbonara is classic Italian comfort food it’s often incredibly rich,” Garten wrote in the video’s caption “I made my carbonara a little lighter by adding lots of fresh Instead of blanching them in a separate pot I cook them quickly in the same boiling water with the pasta If you’re no stranger to one-pot pasta staring at a pot of water is the most (and perhaps the only) tedious part of preparing store-bought noodles at home it takes seemingly forever to reach a rolling boil prepares the cream sauce in a separate bowl and combines everything with scallions In case you feel like trying the recipe for yourself she shared the step-by-step instructions on her website Ina Garten Has More Than 50 Chicken Recipes—and They All Have 3 Things in Common Due to recent events, you can now leave online condolences with each obituary posted on the Kutis Funeral Home website. COVID-19 Funeral Assistance – FEMA is now helping those that have lost a loved one from COVID-19. Click HERE to review the information on eligibility and requirements on the COVID-19 Funeral Loving Mother of the late Gerald Huch (Mary) and Melanie Huch Kuehn (John)and Dakota Bonney Ina was a 1945 graduate of Cleveland High School In 1997 she was National Hospice volunteer of the year later she went to various nursing homes throughout the St Louis and surrounding counties taking her keyboard playing and singing to residents She was a member of the Cleveland alumni board for several years Widow group and a Member of Grace church along with various groups and organizations to stay busy and giving women she was as one last testament she chose to donate her body to Washington University of St Ina loved life and to have a good time and was a friend to everyone She will be greatly missed by her family and all that knew her Ina you were an amazing lady with so many stories. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" For personalized and affordable funeral arrangements choose Kutis Funeral Home - a family-owned establishment serving St 2906 Gravois Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63118314-772-3000 10151 Gravois Road, St. Louis, MO 63123314-842-4458 5255 Lemay Ferry Road, Mehlville, MO 63129314-894-4500 This article originally appeared in People’s World During my research for an upcoming article on Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger’s creative friendship which preceded the years depicted in the recently released Bob Dylan biopic I stumbled across the story of one of their union-friendly songs “Union Maid.” It was one of many of their songs that would later be sung in union halls and picket lines across the country for decades to come In one of the earlier examples of the great American road trip a young Woody Guthrie picked up an even younger Pete Seeger to make their way from the historic and urban lands of the northeast to the sprawling prairies of Texas The two were politically charged folk singers some of the first to combine all the moving pieces of songs sung by everyday working folks in churches and in the fields to establish a national folk movement but Guthrie was making waves on New York radio stations while Seeger worked under the great folk archivist Alan Lomax in D.C The events that unfolded on the trip would make an entertaining feature-length film — writing songs and securing pharmaceuticals for a hitchhiker with no legs who went by Brooklyn Speedy — but it wasn’t until they reached the home of Communist Party organizers in Oklahoma City that they realized they’d made a serious blunder Upon visiting party organizers Bob and Ina Wood the couple swiftly lined up an itinerary of stages and fields for them to sing in Communists were known throughout the country as being the fiercest union organizers and advocates for the unemployed it was Guthrie’s idea to immediately establish contact From striking oil workers to the Unemployed Workers’ Alliance the Woods threw the pair out in front of the struggles facing Oklahoma workers at the time made a simple observation: Neither of them had written any songs about women “Isn’t it about time you wrote a union song for women?” Ina asked them as told in David Dunaway’s biography of Pete Seeger The gender gap in their musical oeuvre was a bit embarrassing for the pair who called themselves communists and therefore sought to fight against “male chauvinism.” It was a problem that was immediately addressed and he could think of one line and me another’n until we woke up with a great big fifteen-pound blue-eyed Union Song Seeger was initially critical of the lyrics it was written for the ear more than the eye,” Guthrie biographer Joe Klein wrote.”[I]t sounded better than it read.” Set to the tune of “Redwing,” the chorus “Oh you can’t scare me I’m stickin’ to the union,” is hard to get out of your head “Union Maid” was altered over the years, as most good folk music is. It wasn’t long after that the Almanac Singers, which included Seeger and Guthrie, recorded their album Talking Union, that featured “Union Maid” with a new verse written by Almanac member Millard Lampell. It was later criticized by feminists for calling for union women to get freedom by marrying “a man with a union card.” This was later revised going from being allied with the Soviet Union to turning against it (and anyone espousing communist ideology or doing working-class organizing) Everyone associated with the Communist Party or the progressive Henry Wallace presidential campaign and the government was trying to pick apart the Communist Party This led to another verse addition by anti-Communists that mocked “the games the C.P It was only months after Seeger and Guthrie’s visit to Oklahoma in 1940 that Bob and Ina were arrested and charged under the 1919 Oklahoma Criminal Syndicalism Act for selling “radical” books in their bookstore They were sentenced to ten years in prison all of which were already available in local libraries were reportedly taken to the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds and burned While Guthrie later claimed the song was inspired by a Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union organizer who was tortured for her activism Ina was clearly the more direct influence — a true embodiment of a union maid who never was afraid of the “company finks and the deputy sheriffs that made the raid.” The opinions of the author do not necessarily reflect the positions of the CPUSA Images: Left: Pete Seeger and Woodie Guthrie (Woody Guthrie Archives via People’s World) / Right: Oklahoma Communist Party organizer Ina Wood in 1940 (The Gateway to Oklahoma History via People’s World) For a sustainable future and a world that puts people before profits We are a political party of the working class with no corporate sponsors or billionaire backers Join the generations of workers whose generosity and solidarity sustains the fight for justice Find out why I was especially “Enchanted” by the sauce Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Burial will follow at Claude Cemetery in Claude The family will gather at Kirk Aduddell’s home on Sunday She grew up on the farm in Claude where she learned many skills that she carried and perfected throughout her life She then married Bob Aduddell May 3rd 1954 in Clovis She was a veteran in the United States Air Force before being honorably discharged due to injury She could do just about anything and did it exceptionally well Ina loved the Lord and her family fiercely canning or cooking all while taking care of her family making all the kids birthday cakes and a few wedding cakes Ina has made at least one quilt for every child and great-grandchild which would be a total of 35 quilts She coached junior bowling at Western Bowl She was famous for her elderberry jelly and hot rolls Ina was a great lady and will be truly missed by all who knew and loved her.  her husband Bob Aduddell who died a happy man brother William “Billy” Kitzler niece Lalla Mae Davis and a great- grandson Kash Mebane and Kirk Aduddell and wife Heidi of Amarillo; two daughters and Jane Mason and husband Lane of Wildorado; 15 grandchildren Collins Mitchell and one more on the way; and three nieces The family suggests that memorials be made to Wounded Warrior Project The family would also like to extend a deep sense of gratitude to the staff at Ussery Roan Veterans home and BSA Hospice of the Southwest for the care given during the last few months of her life Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors PureWow editors select every item that appears on this page, and some items may be gifted to us. Additionally, PureWow may earn compensation through affiliate links within the story. All prices are accurate upon date of publish. You can learn more about the affiliate process here Short of receiving an official invitation to her Hamptons estate (fingers crossed) this is probably the closest most of us will ever come to tasting the Queen of Chambray’s baking It’s exciting…but are the cakes actually worth the bougie price tag of $100 a pop tried all three to find out which ones are worth the splurge so you can see how expectations met reality I Couldn’t Put Down Ina Garten’s New Memoir—And This Is the One Sentence Everyone Needs to Absorb I let the cakes defrost overnight in the fridge then brought them to room temperature for two hours before tasting and Goldbelly aims to have a seamless experience that will keep your guests from knowing dessert was frozen in the first place I’m surprised by how small the cakes are for the cost which are designed to serve six to eight people.) It just seems steep for the size but I did my best to stay objective before tasting 3. Ina’s Carrot Cake I find carrot cake to be woefully underrated Warm spices and tangy cream cheese frosting are a stellar match; I’d argue that it’s the varied texture of carrot cake courtesy of mix-ins like nuts and dried fruit is incredibly moist and a touch denser than the usual chewy bits inside make it appear more interesting I wouldn’t mind more nuts and fewer raisins (the latter are very plump and plentiful) but the real star is certainly the frosting I appreciate that the candied ginger is soft and easy to chew 2. Beatty’s Chocolate Cake This iconic confection came about after Ina was invited to dinner by a friend who served a chocolate cake that blew her away It turns out that he used his grandma’s recipe She’s the namesake of what’s now one of her most popular desserts of all time Full disclosure: I’m not a chocolate cake person bittersweet aroma coaxed me to cut it open The bitterness of the coffee and semisweet chocolate shines through but the frosting is also plentiful without being excessive (think two centimeters thicker than on a naked cake) which is very chocolatey without being too decadent; the best way I can describe it is like real chocolate a far cry from the cloying supermarket confections you’ve had before 1. Ina’s Coconut Cake it’s the prettiest of the bunch…on the outside It’s completely covered with coconut (which made a bit of a mess when I removed the plastic collar) but since the inside is rich with the stuff too it makes for a more uneven slice than the others Ina notes that the secret ingredient is a hint of almond extract It was the first thing I smelled when I unwrapped the cake and it smacked me over the taste buds when I took a bite The coconut and vanilla are definitely subtler and the tang of the cream cheese is only strong if the bite is heavily frosted I, a Food Editor (and Amateur Baker), Tested a Popular Ina Garten Cookie Hack to See If It Actually Works Ina Garten's cauliflower toasts were the surprise hit at an all-Ina-themed dinner party digital storyteller and professional home economist (PHEc) who has written about food Round up 2 ingredients and invest 20 minutes of hands-on time and even mother-in-laws “will be impressed,” Ina says Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInTUCSON (13 News) - A suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting near Ina and Oracle roads in Oro Valley Monday The Oro Valley Police Department said the shooting happened at the Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens which is located at 7366 North Paseo Del Norte The OVPD says officers were called to the area for a report of gun shots heard in the area of the park the responding officers contacted a male who was armed the suspect was declared dead at the scene No officers or other community members were hurt Tohono Chul said it will be closed on Tuesday due to the incident “We appreciate your patience and understanding during these unexpected circumstances,” the business wrote in a Facebook post The Pima Regional Critical Incident Team has been called in to investigate the shooting as is normal for all officer-involved shootings in southern Arizona PRCIT is comprised of investigators from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department the University of Arizona Police Department and the Tucson Airport Authority Police Department PRCIT was formed in 2022 to be an independent law enforcement agency to take the lead in criminal investigations of critical incidents involving member agencies That includes shooting and in-custody deaths Monday’s incident was the second shooting involving law enforcement in southern Arizona this year On April 11, an Arizona DPS trooper fatally shot a woman after she charged at him with a large knife. Be sure to subscribe to the 13 News YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@13newskold a photo of these short ribs should be included with the “comfort food” entry in the encyclopedia our friend Nancy Meyers invited us over for cocktails (yes her gorgeous house actually does look like a Nancy Meyers movie) Nancy asked her friend and caterer Jennifer Naylor to send over her famous potato galette with smoked salmon crunchy potatoes that are spread with cold crème fraîche and topped with briny smoked salmon Emily Lachtrupp is a registered dietitian experienced in nutritional counseling She's worked with clients who struggle with diabetes you can find her enjoying all that Vermont has to offer with her family and her dog 2 large russet baking potatoes (1¼ pounds total) Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Reheat the galettes in a 400-degree oven for 5 to 10 minutes before assembling Reprinted from Modern Comfort Food Copyright © 2020 by Ina Garten Photographs copyright © 2020 by Quentin Bacon Illustrations copyright © 2021 by Stanley Chow Nutrition information is calculated by a registered dietitian using an ingredient database but should be considered an estimate * Daily Values (DVs) are the recommended amounts of nutrients to consume each day Percent Daily Value (%DV) found on nutrition labels tells you how much a serving of a particular food or recipe contributes to each of those total recommended amounts Per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the daily value is based on a standard 2,000 calorie diet Depending on your calorie needs or if you have a health condition you may need more or less of particular nutrients it’s recommended that people following a heart-healthy diet eat less sodium on a daily basis compared to those following a standard diet.) (-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient If you are following a special diet for medical reasons be sure to consult with your primary care provider or a registered dietitian to better understand your personal nutrition needs Services: Visitation at Kutis South County Chapel 5255 Lemay Ferry Road (63129) Thursday Interment Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery donations in memory of Ina can be made to support Alzheimers and Dementia research for a cure at http://act.alz.org/goto/inamaeperkins I made the decision to wait until after Christmas to share this sad news I have no doubt they were each other’s soulmates They shared their love through adopting me as an infant they managed to put me through both a private high school and college – a notable accomplishment Ina was an extremely well organized person throughout her life both at home and in her career She earned her Certified Professional Secretary accreditation and served as president of Professional Secretaries International encouraging others to learn and helping them gain recognition for their expertise many stories I heard (over and over) of the adventures she had with her friends both those she knew growing up and others she had made along the way She maintained those friendships her whole life Bill and Ina retired early and moved to Florida to be close to my uncle and his family but returned in 2008 as their only grandchild was here in St While there is so much more to tell of my mother’s life her last years were overshadowed by dementia her ability to read – or even recognize faces – and eventually her life Ina would have been 89 had she lived two weeks longer A couple subtle ingredients and two unexpected (yet easy) steps allow the chocolate flavor to really sing This Barefoot Contessa staple is the little black dress of my kitchen—it goes with everything securing an interview with behind-the-scenes photos of Garten's kitchen Garten's trick is simple: She organizes her pantry like a grocery store Did you know the legendary chef also has a fully-fledged pilot's license Lining items backward in an oldest-to-newest order is a seamless strategy for eliminating wastage picking up a collection of spices or long-life products every few weeks Garten's strategy is a no-brainer: reducing wastage The aesthetic benefits shouldn't be overlooked either; there's something to be said for a sleek-looking pantry Garten simply invests in an annual spring clean I trust her whole-heartedly with matters of the kitchen when I read about the three salts that she deems essential to her pantry you’ll find my honest reviews of the Queen of Chambray’s favorite salts Ina Garten Says Coffee Makes Chocolate Desserts Better, So I Put It to the Test with Brownies “It’s actually different from other kosher salts,” she explained “Some of them are much saltier.” The second was fleur de sel a type of French sea salt she uses to finish dishes which she likes to sprinkle over pastry crust as a garnish When I’m brushing the top of a potpie with egg wash a little sprinkle of that flaky salt gives it a little crunch There are many types of salt to explore beyond the stuff you keep in that novelty shaker your grandma gifted you. Kosher salt is coarse It’s typically a bit less salty than standard table salt and has larger grains Originally used to remove blood from meat before it’s prepared this type of salt is prime for cooking and seasoning Its larger grain size makes it slower to dissolve so you’re less likely to accidentally over-salt your food with it Flaky salt is known for its flat shape and signature crunch Easy on the eyes and texturally delightful it’s used as a finishing touch on sweet and savory dishes alike It’s also great for seasoning meat and applying to fried foods Full disclosure: I use kosher salt for everything. Its flavor is super clean and concentrated (it’s pure sodium chloride, without the addition of iodine), which is why it’s arguably the go-to for most chefs. Diamond’s crystals are small enough that they mostly melt in your mouth the moment they hit your tongue. You can certainly use it for finishing desserts and savory dishes but I think the easy dissolvability makes it great for cooking despite its crystals’ much smaller size versus the flaky salt Its flavor is more complex due to the salt’s higher mineral content and a touch briny I think it’s aesthetically the most impressive looking so use it to finish dishes for special occasions or labor-intensive recipes since it’s pricier than the other two options Here are a few recipe ideas to try with each of the celebrity chef’s top picks: And in case you want to shop her favorite brands… And you definitely have it in your kitchen the store-bought item she prefers to make from scratch So why couldn’t I like “Be Ready When the Luck Happens” If you buy something from an Eater link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics policy I’ve always liked Ina Garten. I’ve found affinity in the shared syllable in our first names, our mutual appreciation of chambray shirts, the fact that I too once had recognizable bangs. I appreciate the way she’s always seemed to see food as joyful and that she was always so eager about what she’d just made that she’d eat it on air I loved the way Garten paired a cool ease in the kitchen with a warmth of character longed for a relationship like hers with Jeffrey so I imagined that what I saw in Ina wasn’t dissimilar to what other people — the ones who had “mommoms” to make cookies with at Christmas — gleaned from theirs It marks the first time she has spoken publicly about more difficult experiences in her life like the troubled childhood she and her brother experienced with both physically and emotionally abusive parents She reveals that she and Jeffrey briefly separated in the 1970s when the two of them had mismatched views on their roles in their relationship The book builds out the couple’s ever-fascinating lore: Garten in the doldrums as a nuclear policy analyst at the White House; Jeffrey transitioning from the military to governmental roles to investment banking Garten makes an offer on a specialty food store in the Hamptons despite never having had professional food experience and not even living in New York at the time On her first busy Memorial Day in business she runs out of baked goods at Barefoot Contessa The solution: She sends Jeffrey to buy out an entire local bakery so they can resell their pastries and earn the goodwill of customers for the rest of the season Be Ready When the Luck Happens is an affirming story of getting your life together on your own timeline Garten doesn’t transition into food until the age of 30 after years of essentially hating every job she has After growing up with a father who said that nobody would ever love her not only by Jeffrey but also by her dedicated fans it’s a story of being gutsy sometimes in order to get what you want Over the course of the book, the couple goes from being broke in France on their honeymoon — when they’d followed the $5-a-day budget that was popular among Americans in Europe in the 1970s — to owning a multi-story apartment in the Left Bank that took years of renovations to be just right They eventually agree that the single best day of their lives was the day Jeffrey came home to their new full-circle story and one that’s meant to inspire Garten succeeds because she accepts what comes her way At least this is what she argues: You have to But this — the fundamental premise of the book — is where she loses me: Most of the time when she says luck And in the way she tells her story Garten herself seems to lack this awareness It’s folly to believe that any “tell-all” is the real truth but my problem with Be Ready When the Luck Happens was that it felt intellectually dishonest attributing to luck to what is largely the effect of a very comfortable financial cushion and circumstances that make it hard to fail too much Instead of having the owner cover the damages allowing them to add on a cupola and expand their second floor Garten emphasizes a sense of luck: “This time I did know ‘my good breaks from my bad,’ and this was very good!” When Garten fails to make payroll early into her ownership of Barefoot Contessa who asks his bosses at Lehman Brothers if he could have the money in his retirement account if he were to quit his job but they thought it was crazy to quit for that reason (as did I!) and offered him a loan,” she writes comparing it to “something out of one of those wonderful O Garten hides neither the fact of the success that she and Jeffrey eventually attain nor the impressive set of connections that come with it Garten’s friend “Jen” is the actress Jennifer Garner while her friend “Rob” is Chicago director Rob Marshall; at a dinner party Jeffrey is casually seated next to Nora Ephron I imagine this is what many people came to this book for in the first place Everyone reading the book is aware of the money So why does Garten pretend that money isn’t the real thing making her decisions possible She seems clouded by the constant of her stability to the point that she’s lost sight of the fact that most people cannot ride on this level of financial risk not a plea for the kind of disclosure culture that’s been fueled by the bad-faith online reader: when authors feel they must pre-empt any statement with acknowledgment of all the things they might not be taking into account What I mean is that we all learn to narrativize the events of our lives keeping to ourselves the full story and our feelings on it This seems especially true when one is writing an entire memoir we know when what we’ve narrativized is a little bit bullshit the best memoirs acknowledge that; they interrogate their own narrative The risky thing is coming to believe that bullshit yourself Garten does herself a disservice by attributing so much to luck; what she downplays is her shrewdness in business and her bullheadedness when needed Consider another “lucky” moment: Due to a lease dispute Garten realizes she needs to move her store to a new location with a landlord offering her a better lease she sees the potential for the market of her dreams But it needs a $150,000 gut renovation and the bank will only give her half Jeffrey was reading Robert Caro’s The Power Broker Knowing the state wouldn’t walk away from half-finished projects Moses would “routinely underestimate the cost then go back and say it was going to cost twice as much,” Ina explains I went back to the bank and asked for the rest of the money it takes a position of privilege to make a decision like this; what if the bank hadn’t pulled through We see a glimmer of more awareness in the epilogue which recognize women in communications and the arts Garten gives a speech to other women in media talking about how lucky she was at every point in her career But after returning to her seat on the stage Garten realizes: “My story was about hard work and luck.” It still feels a little flat Would I like this book more with a different framing Give me the gossip and the fluff and tell me all about the expensive homes and famous friends; I know how to see the unattainable as entertainment is being able to see something that the author themself so clearly doesn’t want to acknowledge mistaking for luck what are really the pleasant side effects of wealth The freshest news from the food world every day We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Ina Dee Resendez, 88, of Columbia, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 10, 2024. Born on December 18, 1935, in Russellville, Tennessee, Ina was the cherished daughter... View Obituary & Service Information Resendez created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories Made with love by funeralOne Garten reveals she has a trick for slicing the breast off a roast chicken that helps ensure everyone gets a little of that flavorful skin you will love that Garten claims not to be an expert The first thing she does is cut the string that binds the chicken's legs together before cutting the legs off in their entirety She explains that when maneuvering the knife you want to "wiggle it down until you find where the bone is attached," and make that big cut She then separates the thigh and the leg with one big cut which she slices entirely off with a vertical cut removing the entire piece of meat off the carcass "I think it's how Julia Child used to do it," Garten explains then slicing it horizontally across in thicker slices before artistically placing it on her platter Make certain you start with a sharp knife because cutting through bones and meat can be difficult otherwise Garten's knife skills are mesmerizing and she makes it look like she has done it a thousand times over — because she probably has Even Jennifer Garner dropped a note to the chef asking I'm calling you today!" After watching that video and reading the comments Garten's followers think the "Alias" star is just fishing for an invite to eat chicken with the "store-bought is fine" advocate Ina's classic recipe has never steered me wrong Candace Nagy is a passionate food writer who explores food through the lens of culture often taking cues from foods she grew up eating and those she discovered during her travels We may receive a commission on purchases made from links "[W]e will definitely not have an Ina Garten restaurant I think that's the hardest work on the planet To the Unofficial Patron Saint of Home Cooks, making smaller portions of comfort food classics (enough to feed a houseful of loved ones but not enough to feed an entire restaurant and doing it at a slower speed) more than gets the job done "I remember the book that was written about Mario Batali's restaurant 'I just couldn't figure out where to go in the kitchen.' He said 'Not that I didn't know which station to go I didn't know where my body was going to fit,'" Garten recounts choosing to pursue the restaurant biz is a matter of different strokes for different folks and the Barefoot Contessa doesn't see it in her future "If you have to change your tongs from your right hand to your left hand On the flip side, fellow gourmand Anthony Bourdain painted the professional kitchen as a darkly glamorous troupe of militant iconoclasts expertly brandishing knives and swapping edgy insults As he wrote in "Kitchen Confidential," "Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas on a busy Saturday night Seeing two guys who'd just as soon cut each other's throats in their off hours moving in unison with grace and ease can be as uplifting as any chemical stimulant or organized religion." This colorful, rowdy menagerie is magnetic — but decidedly not a vibe one might anticipate when cracking open a Barefoot Contessa cookbook (and she's written 13 of 'em) I understand why people get an adrenaline rush from it but I couldn't do that anymore," Garten tells Radio Cherry Bombe Bailey Fink is a devout home cook and a news editor at Allrecipes covering everything from exciting product releases to the newest TikTok trends and why food tastes better at certain restaurants she has researched and written hundreds of articles on a variety of topics Ina Garten of Food Network's "Barefoot Contessa" fame has been around to share her simplistic yet highly raved-about dishes (and tips on how to set up a stress-free dinner party) with the world since the early 2000s Julia Child's introduction of French cuisine into popular American culture came with her television show "The French Chef" that ran for 10 seasons from 1963 to 1973 but her legacy continues to live on to this day More than just being admired and talented chefs with cookbooks galore Child and Garten shared the same taste in fast food joints they have each expressed their enjoyment of the West Coast burger restaurant In-N-Out Garten is also well aware of Child's previous love for the spot which makes this commonality all the more special "It's awfully good." Child went on to call it one of the best fast food options along with McDonald's and Burger King Child enjoyed simple food, and a lot of her career was based on making food and recipes easier and more accessible for the average cook. In fact, she refused to use the word gourmet when discussing food and recipes She disapproved of elitism in the food industry and stated that you didn't need to make fancy or complicated dishes Some of Child's favorite foods were hamburgers and baked potatoes with butter Garten even created her own recipe based on Shake Shack's Whether you like your potatoes mashed, roasted, or elevated, Ina Garten has a recipe for every taste and preference I've made Garten's most popular potato recipes and decided to rank my favorites These recipes are fantastic year-round, but if you're looking for a great holiday side dish Garten's rosemary roasted potatoes couldn't be easier to make All you need are small red and white-skinned potatoes And after tossing all the ingredients together you just need to throw the potatoes in the oven for an hour Just because they're in sixth place doesn't mean Garten's rosemary roasted potatoes aren't delicious — the competition is just that fierce when it comes to "Barefoot Contessa" potato dishes The potatoes develop a beautiful golden color in the oven and the pop of rosemary makes for a lovely Instagram photo this dish makes your kitchen smell incredible Garten's rosemary roasted potatoes are also deliciously crispy Both of my parents were huge fans of the dish and liked that it was a lighter alternative to mashed potatoes or a gratin Get the full recipe for Ina Garten's rosemary roasted potatoes here. Garten loves to give a new twist to a classic dish and her Parmesan smashed potatoes are no different Her recipe involves smashing the potatoes with an electric mixer "The key to mashed potatoes is what you add to them to make them have great flavor," Garten told Al Roker while demonstrating this dish on his podcast "Cooking Up a Storm with Al Roker," in November 2021 It needs a lot of salt to give it flavor." I love the texture of these thick and creamy potatoes and the salty sharpness of the Parmesan pairs really well with the subtly sweet red potatoes I made these for the first time at a Friendsgiving and they were a huge hit with my boyfriend and friends "The smashed potatoes were deliciously salty and also not overcooked," my boyfriend said "They still had a bit of texture to them — it wasn't just like a bowl of soup." "The best mashed potatoes I've had!" our friend Kayla added Get the full recipe for Ina Garten's Parmesan smashed potatoes. I know what you're thinking: How can store-bought mashed potatoes be so high on this list But if anyone can elevate something from the supermarket Garten developed this recipe, a spin on her Parmesan smashed potatoes, for The New York Times in 2022 after declaring that she was burned out from cooking "Mashed potatoes are an essential Thanksgiving side dish but can be time-consuming," she wrote and no one will know you didn't make the dish from scratch." Garten's recipe features a pack of refrigerated mashed potatoes All you have to do is heat the refrigerated potatoes over a pan of simmering water and then throw in the extra ingredients Garten's elevated mashed potatoes were super creamy with the Parmesan cheese infusing each bite with a lovely richness I made these for my parents when I was home for Thanksgiving and they couldn't tell the mashed potatoes were store-bought What's really great about the recipe is how quick it is You could easily whip up these mashed potatoes in less than 20 minutes and have a side dish everyone will love Get the full recipe for Ina Garten's elevated store-bought mashed potatoes here. Garten uses diced instead of shredded potatoes for her hash browns, and Jeffrey — her husband of 56 years — is a huge fan he wanted to know if he could have them for dinner!" Garten writes What makes him happy is just fine with me." Garten's hash browns feature boiling potatoes Garten's hash browns were a huge hit when I whipped these up for brunch with my boyfriend and our friends The potatoes have a deliciously crispy exterior that gives way to the soft and creamy middle and the parsley and scallions add so much extra flavor One friend loved these so much they declared they could've eaten the whole pot I served the hash browns with Garten's sweet banana pancakes (also very delicious) but I think they'd also pair well with chicken Get the full recipe for Garten's hash browns here. Blunt taught Garten how to make her family's special recipe for roasted potatoes on a 2018 episode of "Barefoot Contessa." The simple dish only requires two main ingredients — Yukon Gold potatoes and parsley — and features some helpful cooking tips Blunt shakes them in the pot to help roughen up the edges crunch," Blunt explained to Garten during the episode Blunt also lets the potatoes dry for 15 minutes before baking them which she said creates "such a fantastic crust on the outside." I will always love my dad's recipe for Greek roasted potatoes above all but these English roasted potatoes are a close second Blunt's two quick tricks really pay off in terms of texture There's such a satisfying crunch on the crust of the potatoes which are deliciously soft and creamy in the middle These potatoes go great with just about everything but you'll definitely have a lot of happy guests if you make them for the holidays Get the full recipe for Emily Blunt's English roasted potatoes here. "I love to make potato gratin and fennel gratin so I decided to combine the two," Garten writes in the recipe description "If you make this in an old French gratin dish it looks wonderful and can go from the oven to the table with style." Garten's potato-fennel gratin is just so creamy The potatoes always come out perfectly cooked the combination of heavy cream and cheese is a dream and the sautéed fennel cuts through with some lovely sweetness especially if you want to hand off a holiday cooking task to a younger chef in the family (or that cousin whose most-used app is DoorDash) I make Garten's potato-fennel gratin every holiday season and it's always one of my favorite dishes at Thanksgiving and Christmas Get the full recipe for Ina Garten's potato-fennel gratin here. It hits all the nostalgic, comfort-food notes we crave in the winter months. Will Dickey; Food Stylist: Ali Ramee; Prop Stylist: Julia Bayless Skip the broth and add this unexpected ingredient instead, Barefoot Contessa suggests. Test Kitchen Tip: Curry powder is a yellow-colored spice blend that’s a staple in many cuisines around the globe, including Indian, Jamaican, Japanese, and Thai. The exact blend can vary widely based on the geographic origin of the recipe and personal preference, but most curry powders include turmeric, coriander, cumin, ginger, and black pepper. Some also feature garlic, fenugreek, red pepper flakes, fennel seeds, and/or mustard seeds. He even has his own riff on the tasty dish. Bailey Fink is a devout home cook and a news editor at Allrecipes, covering everything from exciting product releases to the newest TikTok trends and why food tastes better at certain restaurants. In her time at Allrecipes, she has researched and written hundreds of articles on a variety of topics, including how-to guides, food news and trends, and product reviews. If it's good enough for Ina, it's good enough for us. Tired of stirring—and intimidated by timing it right? Try Ina’s easy trick for this crowd-pleasing creamy side dish. and instantly fell in love with Ina and her story I was familiar with who she was before reading I knew her from the Food Network and her cookbooks but had no idea it all started with her taking a chance and responding to an ad for a specialty food store in the Hamptons Her story is so inspiring that as I finished the book When it came to make my list of New Year’s resolutions for 2025, I realized so many of them are inspired by Ina Garten and embracing her sense of joie de vivre She has a knack for not taking life too seriously and I’m excited to enter a new year with plans for feeling more connected to friends If you’re looking for Ina-inspired resolutions too read on for three things I’m focusing on in 2025 As someone who isn’t particularly confident in the kitchen, dinner is always casual in my house. My husband and I have varying schedules, and we don’t normally sit down to eat together Our style is more like catching up and grazing in the kitchen after work I’d like to make a little more of an effort to sit down at our kitchen table and have a meal together at least once a week I know it will feel more relaxed and intentional and I’d love to cultivate more of that with my partner I’m going to aim for weekend dinners with place settings and a bouquet of flowers for the center of our table I’m excited to try my hand at some of Ina’s recipes I’m putting together a book club with some friends and while fun dinner parties are definitely on the agenda I also want to have more casual gatherings that don’t require a ton of prep work It’s clear to see that Ina loves inviting people over to her home and it’s fun to visualize friends hanging out in my own home more often I’m excited to put together thoughtful gatherings that will hopefully help everyone feel more connected to each other I’ve always thought of cooking like a chore If I can get away with no-cook meals and snacks I  aspire to be someone who enjoys their time in the kitchen Ina turned her love of food into her business and her legacy she seems to love spending time in the kitchen I’d like to cultivate just an ounce of her joy so I’m hoping my weekly sit-down dinners and hosting goals will spark something special in 2025 so I’m looking forward to turning my time in the kitchen into something that feels nourishing and cozy I also appreciate that many of her recipes aren’t ultra complicated Read the commentsFiled in:Mindful Living The home you love starts here The home you love starts here Apartment TherapyThe wordmark for the Apartment Therapy brand.More From Us By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. former theater critic for The Seattle Times Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination When I told a friend I was writing about Ina Garten’s new memoir Wait a minute —  my Polish immigrant grandma is who I think of when I hear that term and her mission is to serve those who enter it “A glass tea?” Then she’d hotfoot her 4-foot 10-inch self into her big kosher kitchen with its pale-yellow cabinets stretching up to the ceiling and quickly return with a glass of Swee-Touch-Nee tea (and sugar cubes) Come out to the table!” And she would ignore them But within the confines of her traditional role I have watched Ina Garten (known to her legions of fans as The Barefoot Contessa) on her Food Channel shows. And yes, I have noted in her series Be My Guest the pride she takes in whipping up highly caloric dishes for her (celebrity) friends and Jeffrey (her much adored husband for over 50 years) at the couple’s sprawling home in the Hamptons she seems to have achieved the Female Chef Mogul Best Life — a highly prosperous semi-glamorous media star life my bubbe could not have imagined living and a hugely successful one in the gracious living business she shares how her career began with the purchase of The Barefoot Contessa (one of many profitable impulses) a gourmet deli in Long Island’s Westhampton through many years of toil and persistence and plenty of you-should-be-so-lucky contacts and good fortune in her early 80s Martha Stewart still milks her celebrity in a myriad of ways Garten hasn’t Stewart’s “brand” is stamped on 100 cookbooks even CBD “wellness gummies.” She often appears on TV (including as co-host of a cooking show with rapper Snoop Dogg) And there’s a new Netflix documentary about her But since the first of her own baker’s dozen cookbooks sold like hotcakes and the first episodes of The Barefoot Contessa cooking series aired on the Food Channel in 2001 Garten has also been a fan favorite — though less imperious is that the food we enjoy connects to our deepest memories of when we felt happy “I wanted to recreate those nostalgic sensations and make them even better than remembered,” she adds It’s a winning recipe. Parade magazine has estimated the Gartens’ combined wealth at $160 million — less than half of Stewart’s net worth I admit my view of her is fogged by a big dollop of eat-the-rich resentment and a soupcon of envy (Did I mention her splendid getaway flat in Paris?) wouldn’t her memoir be another celebration of a posh domesticity fueled more by money and hustle than what my bubbe might call gemütlich it’s more — particularly the recounting of her life before she became a phenom there’s a lot of name-dropping of celebrity pals who love dropping by for a nosh (e.g And did I mention she’s also chummy with Taylor Swift she exaggerates how she couldn’t really afford to buy this abode or expand her business into a multimedia enterprise (It must be a little easier when your husband has worked for a major investment bank.) Yet despite my aversion to advice from the rich and famous on how we can all get that way at times self-deprecating pages why Garten is so beloved by the public And it isn’t just her evangelism for comfort food like her cholesterol-spiking devil’s food cake because she doesn’t take her success for granted And she’s candid about a difficult upbringing she has no nostalgia for and fed her own children what any gourmand would call a spartan diet Her father was a prosperous surgeon who was given to angry in one instance pulling his daughter by the hair for some infraction even when she excelled at school and displayed other talents “We had all the accoutrements of a comfortable life,” she notes it was a dour existence.” A lingering sense of inadequacy sent her years later into therapy But young Garten also had a bubbe: her loving encouraging paternal grandma Bessie who “like all good cooks,” she writes “was happiest when she was feeding people.” Though there is little mention of Judaism in the book Garten embraces her Jewish heritage and especially its comfort foods (A photo of a steaming cauldron of goldena yoich graces one of her Instagram posts “Is there anything more Jewish than making a big pot of chicken soup?”) meeting at age 15 the attentive college student Jeffrey Garten who soon became her rock and refuge — not just the love of her life After a post-college federal government job that bored her stiff she leaped at the chance to buy The Barefoot Contessa And she eventually expanded and relocated that gourmet emporium to tony East Hampton a summer “playground for the rich” and even better market for her delectable chocolate chip cookies fresh baguettes and carry-out roast chickens Garten recounts hard work and humorous mini-disasters at her stores expecting his spouse to be a balabusta at home while she worked almost round the clock at her career But Garten was a woman of her time as well a budding feminist who wanted an equal partnership at home They agreed to “take a break.” While he was in Tokyo on a work assignment living alone for the first time with a hellish work schedule and a heavy commute from her dreary digs in Manhattan (Spoiler alert: She and Jeffrey worked it out, and both adorn the cover of Cooking for Jeffrey a book of recipes for her husband’s favorite dishes.) In the media blitz for Luck Is Where You Find It the news that this idealized couple wasn’t always in perfect harmony probably made her even more relatable to fans And it is hard to imagine Martha Stewart baring her insecurities and sharing credit for her success with teenagers who worked summers at her stores TV colleagues and (we should be so lucky) her architect Garten also offers friendly advice to budding entrepreneurs that doesn’t seem far-fetched or generic And her unapologetic stance for not having children is refreshing in a culture that still expects women to procreate Garten exudes the ease and care of a good teacher and delight in sharing her own pleasures with you despite my ambivalence about celebrity culture I admit that maybe Ina Garten really is a self-made 21st-century neo-balabusta in a society that worships the high life few of us will attain my bubbe Paulina might have been a Garten fan Or she might have spun off her own kosher cooking show and food empire Theater critic Misha Berson’s most recent book is Something’s Coming I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American Jews need independent news they can trust At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S rising antisemitism and polarized discourse This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism you rely on See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up Copyright © 2025 The Forward Association The family of Ina Elizabeth Climer created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories Made with love by funeralOne