ALSO BY INA GARTEN The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Barefoot Contessa Parties! Barefoot Contessa Family Style Barefoot in Paris Barefoot Contessa at Home Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That? Copyright © 2012 by Ina Garten Photographs c03.1, c05.1, c06.1, and bm1.1 - bm1.4copyright © 2012 by John Hall All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com www.clarksonpotter.com CLARKSON POTTER is a trademark and POTTER with colophon is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garten, Ina. Barefoot Contessa foolproof / Ina Garten. — 1st ed. Includes index. 1. Cooking. I. Title. TX714.G36425 2012 641.3—dc23 2012007526 eISBN: 978-0-77043340-6 Design by Marysarah Quinn All photographs with the exception of those noted above are by Quentin Bacon. v3.1 thanks introduction 10 foolproof tips for cooking cocktails starters lunch dinner vegetables desserts 12 foolproof tips for table settings foolproof menus sources index recipe index thanks I love writing cookbooks and I’m so grateful to the wonderful people who work with me. First and foremost, I couldn’t get through the day without my amazing “home team” of Barbara Libath, Suzanna Guiliano, and Erica Katz. They keep me sane and giggling all day long. For the books, thank you to my publisher, Clarkson Potter, headed by my friend Pam Krauss, plus editor Rica Allannic, book designer Marysarah Quinn, and publicist Kate Tyler. I’ve been at Clarkson Potter since my first book and I love them all. I’m so proud of the quality of the books we produce together; they make me look so much better than I am. My photographic team and I have been together for a long time—Quentin Bacon taking such beautiful photographs, Cyd McDowell artfully styling all the food, and now we have the happy addition of Barb Fritz, who brings us the most elegant props to play with. I love the weeks we spend together. Thank you also to my friend Sarah Chase, who inspires me with wonderful ideas, and to John Hall, for beautiful garden photographs. There’s also a team behind the scenes that is so important to me. Esther Newberg, my agent, brilliantly takes care of business, and Amelia Durand is extraordinary handling the demands of publicity. Thank you both so much. But most of all, my sweet husband, Jeffrey, who is such a good sport on my TV show (yes, he’s my real husband—not my TV husband). I could never have done a day of this without his loving encouragement and support.