I’m always on the lookout for easy-to-prepare dishes for brunches. As Ina always says, you don’t want to be stuck in the kitchen, slaving over the stove top the entire time guests are over. This is a recipe that’ll being going into the regular rotation. […]
Every Saturday, I fail to take advantage of the Down to Earth Farmers Market just a short walk from my apartment in Morningside Park . I walked by this past weekend, saw some glorious-looking tomatoes and immediately knew Ina’s Farm Stand Pasta Sauce was going to be […]
When I heard that Whole Foods was opening in Harlem a 10 minute walk from my apartment I wasn’t too excited — the quality is usually great, but it seems like everything is twice the price of my grocery store a block away. That being […]
Thank God for store-bought phyllo dough and Ina’s stamp of approval to use it. I don’t think I have the patience, or room in my tiny kitchen, to ever make this from scratch! The dough is delicate, and I always end up ripping and ruining […]
I’ve FINALLY successfully made scones! Third time’s a charm I guess, and I think my mom might be a lucky charm. While she was in town, we decided to make scones for breakfast. I warned her that my track record wasn’t great — I’d previously […]
While my mom was in town, I had her browse the Barefoot Contessa’s cookbooks for anything that she had to have while visiting. Her #1 choice was this Make-Ahead Zabaglione with Amaretti. It’s a recipe that I’d never given a second glance — possibly because […]
A couple of months back, I decided to expand the list of Ina recipes to include ones on her show but not in any book. In her books, she doesn’t have a ton of broccoli recipes so I was excited to find this one. The […]
After falling in love with the Barefoot Contessa show in 2011 (I knnnnooooww, I was very late to the game), Baked Shrimp Scampi was the first Ina dish I ever attempted. And 360 recipes later it’s still one of my favorites. This recipe shares many of […]