Ina Garten

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Author of the Barefoot Contessa Books & Television Host 

The celebrated specialty food store maven and bestselling author was once a nuclear budget analyst at President Carter's White House. Ina Garten's first book, The Barefoot Contessa, was published in 1999 and was one of the best-selling cookbooks of the year. Ms. Garten has published twelve phenomenally successful cookbooks and her Emmy-winning cooking show, Barefoot Contessa, is one of the highest-rated shows on Food Network. Her latest cookbook is Modern Comfort Food and she will be sharing an insider's view of her world and the pleasures of good food and friends.