What is it about Ina Garten? The “Barefoot Contessa” chef and entrepreneur inspires a kind of devotion that few celebrities achieve. It’s not just that people love her recipes, her shows and her ...

She took a “crazy chance” and, responding to an ad in the New York Times, bought the Barefoot Contessa food store in the Hamptons for $20,000. She knew nothing about the business, but her ...

Before the best-selling cookbooks, before owning Barefoot Contessa, even before cooking, Ina Garten worked as a nuclear policy analyst at the White House. In fact, when she bought her specialty ...

Garten’s now-closed store in East Hampton, the Barefoot Contessa. The first issue of the magazine Martha Stewart Living, which was published in 1990, included an article about Ms. Garten and her ...

Nothing embodies fall quite like a cozy, crackling fireplace. However, we've never seen one look as welcoming or warming as in Ina Garten's living room. The Barefoot Contessa debuted her fireplace on ...

Stewart would later help Garten secure her first book deal. In fact, Garten’s career and household name as “Barefoot Contessa” is often credited to her association with Stewart. Want more ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. By the end, as the logline reads, she hopes to impart the ...

Last month, Stewart called out the Barefoot Contessa in a profile for The New Yorker about the latter's life and career, telling the outlet that Garten stopped talking to her when she went to ...

The Barefoot Contessa star was able to give a well-rounded answer, and had a lot of praise to give Stewart. 'You know, before Martha, taking care of a house is something you just did, but she made ...

Garten later penned a column for Martha Stewart Living and secured her first book deal with Stewart's help after bringing a publisher to her specialty food store, The Barefoot Contessa.