I absolutely love barefoot contessa and wish it were on more often. Would also like to find one of her books. However
i do find it really frustrating when i'm trying to convert from american measures to ours and also decipher her ingredient language! MORE BAREFOOT CONTESSA!

Happy New Year 2008 to everyone, Please could we have some new episodes of "Barefoot Contessa" if there are any UKTV Food? and a big thankyou for putting on Christmas specials Nigella, Jamie, James Martin, Delia etc Maybe it is the time to see any diet programmes as after all festive food need to loose the extra pounds!

Have just had a Barefoot Contessa cook book for christmas and the second one is in transit( hubby actually listened for gift ideas bless him) and its amazing, Right off to try some recipes
Happy New Year

I am sure will see Ina soon, she inspires me no end. Like to know if the had a nice festive hols.

Happy New Year to everyone on UKTV foods.

Would'nt it be great to have Ina Garten on as a guest on Market Kitchen,hint hint UKFood It would be great to have the "barefoot contessa", I am sure she has a new book which she could promote Although not a true fan of Market Kitchen, I do prefer Good Food Live

I absolutely LOVE the Barefoot Contessa programmes. They are so well done, the recipes are perfect, the food is so appealing and she is so warm and enjoyable. She makes evrything seem effortless. Every recipe I have tied has worked!!

A great, great show.

Why are British food programmes so bad lately??? What is happening???

As with I-love-cakes, I prefer the GFL series so much more than this awful Market Kitchen crap.

I also love Barefoot Contessa. I want her house! and her garden!

Hi. I've just returned from hols in the States. I've had a great time trawling the shops where she gets her great kitchen stuff, and I bought back loads of Barefoot Contessa Muffin Mix and Coffee. Ina is working on a new book which I believe is called Back to Basics which will be published around October time. She's recently had a barn built in her garden which has a fabulous kitchen in it. She's doing a special 'Barn Warming' program. I hope we get it over here. I agree, it would be great to see her as a guest on MK.

i watch BC every day, but i don't know why: i can't stand her!!! she drives me crazy with her laugh and how she says, "How easy was that/" about everything...oh and her friends!!! so fake and stilted...

the recipes are ok, i guess, but brutally unhealthy----does she put butter in everything????

sorry; rant over...

I just adore Ina Garten and her way of making everything sound so easy. Her recipes are delightfully wicked that's why they taste so good!!

Horses for course I suppose. I watch snippets of Market Kitchen every day but also don't know why?? I can't stand the show!

At least Ina isn't pretending to be anything but what she is. Yes, the butter has affected her figure, but that's why I love her!

hello annasherwood....

all your comments on BC sound like what has been said about Nigella recently, after her last series - book, dont you think????

When I win the BIG one on the lottery I'm going to run away, buy a big New England style home and live like the Barefoot Contessa....... either that or I'll run away from home altogether - preferably with Bill Granger! What to choose? Life's just one quandry after another!

I would like a house like Ina Garten, she inspires me no end. I like the way she decorates her table for her dinners, everything matches, same colour flowers as her napkins. Would like to see her new barn when completed.

What about the Barefoot in Paris series? Is it as good as the one from her home?

I have those moments when I go into a daydream, thinking when I come in the money... I want a home like Ina Garten, I can see myself with the kitchen, house, and all her tasteful furniture and car, dropping into florist's and deli shops, no expense spared... But for now just make do, and dream on....

The Paris series, is quite well done, seeing lots of the sights of Paris, shopping for food, mainly eating alfresco with Jeffery Then back in US to recreate the dishes at home.

Barefoot Contessa......FABULOUS. I want her Chocolate Brownies right now.......

Everything tastes "SO GOOD"

Does anybody else take a dining table and chairs to the beach?

Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics.
How to Get Great Flavors from Simple Ingredients.

On Sale 28 October 2008.

Published by Clarkson Potter

We have to wait till October!

Belated 60th birthday greetings to Ina . Hope we all look good at that age

Happy birthday INA

I agree, Ina does look good for her age, didnt realise she was 60!....

60 wow I didn't know she is 60! She does not look it. Many happy returns Ina, hope she throws a party and invites us all.

I am suprised too, looks very well.

Yes her birthday date is Feb 2nd 1948
Lets toast her with a Manhattan or a Sidecar lol

Hey. My Mum Loves Ina Garten And I'm Trying To Find Her Cookbooks, Anyone Help.
=] I Love Cooking With My Mum. I'm 15 and I Always Help. Specially Licking Spoons, Lol. At The Momment I Am Searching For A Great Brownie Recipe. Anyone Got Any Ideas. Thanks. x