Ina-Garten

Ina Gardner is the writer of many well-known American cooking books. Ina also hosts Barefoot Contessa on Food Network. It has been running since 2002. Ina started her career for the White House as a writer of nuclear energy policies and also the budget. While she found it to be stimulating intellectually, eventually she dropped interest and purchased a small speciality food shop - Barefoot Contessa. It took her nearly 18 years to make the shop hugely successful, and then sold the business. After that, she started writing one of her cookbooks. There were many more cookbooks, and magazines columnists that were added. In the meantime the Food Network show was also a success. Also, Ina sells products including food-related ingredients, storage containers and other equipment. Ina she is a self-taught cook and has not attended an institution for cooking or the hotel. She is known as a cook who is simple and has her entertaining style. Her most well-known recipes are Skillet and Roasted lemon Chicken Mac and Cheese, Mac, Beef Bourguignon and cheese paired with Beatty's Chocolate Cake, and Lemon Bars.