In her very first cookbook, "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook," Ina Garten wrote that "a homemade dessert is a special reward ... into an empire with 13 cookbooks and a 23-year run on the Food Network.

When it comes to legendary desserts, few recipes are as iconic as Ina Garten’s Outrageous Brownies. Originally featured in the Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and seen on the Food Network ...

Her first cookbook, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, came out in 1999 and by 2002 she had already published two more cookbooks and started filming her Food Network show, Barefoot Contessa.

Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa herself ... also appeared on Garten’s “Be My Guest” show on the Food Network back in 2022. “It started professionally — I think it was with her coming ...

The Associated Press NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER, 16: American author and host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten, has her portrait taken at her home kitchen in New York ...