I have really enjoyed watching this series and would love to buy the DVD's from the Food Network. Unfortunately the site says that they don't ship internationally at this time.

Does anyone know any other way to get hold of the DVD's ?

You can get them on ebay.That's where I get my American dvds from.I got three Paula Deen ones the other week and they only cost me £15 and that was including postage.

Phoebe thanks for your advice. I will give EBay a try.

I love watching the Barefoot Contessa too. I don't mind that Ina uses butter and cream etc. in her recipes as I know that the dishes will taste wonderful.

However the amount of food that is prepared and the lavishness of the ingredients for small numbers of people always shocks me. Remembering my childhood and what was available and affordable. What Ina prepares for 1 meal could provide a family of 4 for a whole week.

I guess that comment makes me sound really old

i know what you mean grissini, as much as i love ina, and i think her cooking is fabulous, when i think of the cost of some of the recipes that she cooks it does make me baulk a bit! i think part of the problem is that she uses a teaspoon of this and a teaspoon of that, so you have to buy lots of bottles of things just for one teaspoon of it!

Yes, it just goes on and on - a punnet of this fruit, a punnet of that fruit, another punnet of fruit, then cook it a bit and add another punnet of fruit - just for texture. The out comes a brioche the size of a mini bus ha ha.

Love it.

I think Inas cooking is great, it is not expensive. She uses all basic ingredients salads, fruits. You can vary what you do, you can change some of the ingredients, and make them smaller quantities.

Very true cornetto. I have copied the way she has her flour etc in those big glass containers. I have bought some (not glass though) from M & S which look similar and have a carrying handle. I just wished I had a kitchen, fridge, store room etc. like hers too.

oh what wouldn't I give for a walk in kitchen cupboard and one of those huge american fridges (mind you it woud be bigger than my kitchen!!!)

I also love the Barefoot Contessa and purchased her cookery books, her food is fabulous. I've tried all sorts of her recipes including making the brioche bread which turned out wonderful (my homemade bread is normal like a brick in consistency, so gave up). Her parmasan chicken is fantastic and her vinaigrette dressing (the one which uses an egg yolk) is absolutely wonderful. I would thoroughly recommend buying her books. I'll be watching todays episode in an hour, can't wait. LOL Karen Happy Cooking everyonex

She is almost the only one I enjoy watching at the moment, well, that I haven't seen a hundred times before!!! A little heavy on the salt sometimes but great. Although I find Geoffrey a little scary

I think geoffrey longs to come home to simple boiled eggs on toast.

"how easy was that"

Good one colliwobs! Hey why do you think Geoffrey is a little scary? I think he is sweet.(Thats to carol cake)

He has an air of Liberace about him! Don't know what it is but thats how I see him.

I love Jeffrey, I think they are smashing together. he is so sweet.
Her programmes really cheer me up and I love the bits where she goes to the markets or stores or farm stands. The books give you a real flavour of that.
The recipe books are great, full of lovely recipes, I have "The Barefoot Contessaat home" . and have tried quite a few of the dishes.Creamy Rosemary Polenta is vey good. I hope we get some more of her series.

Yes, every episode cheers me up too. She is so warm and inviting. And she even cracks a joke or two during the show.

But it's the recipes that have captured my imagination. I always shied away from a lot of super-rich recipes but have given them a try after wataching an episode.

I really, really like this programme!

Try "Healthy Appetite" it's a lean and healthy version of The Barefoot Contessa, and just as agreeable to watch. She is a young Nutritionist called Ellie Strieger and the programme is full of quite interesting facts too. Yesterday she said that a red pepper has as much Vitamin C as 3 oranges..I didn't know that..Mind you I hate Peppers!!!!

I think Ina and Jeffrey are very cute together they so obviously still adore each other after 36 years of marriage, and her food is faultless, i love this show so much i had an american friend post the dvds over to me from the food network, just watching her cheers me up

B x

I too thouht that they had been married 35 years as it was mentioned in a programme i saw recently but at the end i noticed that the prog was made in 2002 so in fact its 40 years married

I tape her with my sky plus box. Cheaper that way.
As much as I like Ina, she could do with a personal trainer to run her round her garden, that sounds like fun.