Fair is fair. We gave away copies of the critics’ top choices of 2012 cookbooks: Jerusalem: A Cookbook, Canal Cooks Every Day, and The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. So now we want one lucky reader of Cooks&Books&Recipes to win the top-selling cookbook of 2012: Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust, by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter).
Millions of people love Ina Garten because she writes recipes that make home cooks look great; family and friends shower them with praise and yet the dishes couldn’t be simpler to prepare using ingredients found in any grocery store. In Barefoot Contessa Foolproof, the Food Network star takes easy a step further, sharing her secrets for pulling off deeply satisfying meals that have that “wow!” factor we all crave.
Start with delicious Dukes Cosmopolitans made with freshly squeezed lemon juice, plus Jalapeño Cheddar Crackers that everyone will devour. Lunches include Hot Smoked Salmon, Lobster & Potato Salad, and Easy Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons, all featuring old-fashioned flavors with the volume turned up. Elegant Slow-Roasted Filet of Beef with Basil Parmesan Mayonnaise and show-stopping Seared Scallops & Potato Celery Root Purée are just two of the many fabulous dinner recipes. And your guests will always remember the desserts, from Sticky Toffee Date Cake with Bourbon Glaze to Salted Caramel Brownies.
For Ina, “foolproof” means more than just making one dish successfully; it’s also about planning a menu, including coordinating everything so it all gets to the table at the same time. In Barefoot Contessa Foolproof, Ina shows you how to make a game plan so everything is served hot while you keep your cool. There are notes throughout detailing where a recipe can go wrong to keep you on track, plus tips for making recipes in advance. It’s as though Ina is there in the kitchen with you guiding you every step of the way.
We pointed earlier to two recipes from this cookbook: Mushroom & Leek Bread Pudding; Orange-Braised Carrots and Parsnips. Amazon features another: Sticky Toffee Date Cake with Bourbon Glaze. Happy cookbook cooking!
Giveaway Notes: There are six ways to enter the giveaway, but it’s not necessary to do all six entries. Choose whichever one(s) you like, and you’ll be entered in the giveaway. Giveaway ends at midnight (EST) on Sunday, February 17, 2013.
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i really love ina’s show! would love to have the book as well
I love Ina and watch Barefoot Contessa all the time!
love to win cookbooks
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thanks for the giveaway.
This would make a great gift for my friend who just bought a house.
Simple and appealing food, respecting ingredients. Have been meaning to try her bread/cake mixes in the store; this cookbook would be even better.
I’d love to own this cookbook!
I am such a huge fan of the Barefoot Contessa Cookbooks! Would love to win this one!
I love Ina! She’s so friendly!
I’m getting a new place, so what better way to break in the new kitchen than with all new recipes <3
Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love too win this for my Mom. she a big fan of hers. I would give too her for Mother’s Day. thanks
I have one of her cookbooks and would love another. Thanks for the opportunity.
I really love Ina Garten. I watch and record every show she has on cooking and Food channels. I would really like to have this book so I could have her recipes at home.
I love watching ina! she reminds me of the mom i should have had! lol
I love browsing through recipes and watching cooking shows on tv
I love cookbooks in general, I’ve watched Ina Garten a few times when I had cable.. I like her approach to food and entertaining.
I watch Ina as often as possible….love her recipes
love Ina’s barefoot contessa
Thank you for the giveaway
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I love Ina!! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love Ina! Thank you for the chance to win!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Looks amazing!!!
Here recipes always seem to turn out great. I’d love to win a copy of this one. Thanks for the oppoturnity.
I need some NEW recipes because I’m feeling as if I just make the same old foods. I want a “food adventure”
great giveaway!
A real fan of her cookbooks.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Ina Garten is my favorite TV cooking show host. I love her recipes.
I need help cooking! I’m awful!
I love her show and would love to try her recipes.
I love cookbooks – so many new ideas & recipes to try – thanks for the giveaway!
I love watching her show and would love trying out some of her recipes.
Barefoot Contessa is one of my favourite cooking shows – thanks for the giveaway
I like her show and recipes
Love Ina. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I would love to win Ina’s cookbook
This would be a perfect book for a gift for my mom. She loves the cooking show,
I would love to win Ina’s Cookbook!
I adore Ina Garten…easy recipes and great, decadent food!
I love watching her shows. Would be a wonderful addition to my cookbook collection!
always like trying new recipes!
I love her calm serenity in the kitchen.
Love to win!!!!!!
I saw her making sweets, white chocolate with cramberries and pistachios, good for valentines day
look so delicious, I hope I win her receipe books
I Love Ina’s Show, she is such a good cook and such a sweet person!!!
Thanks!
Love Barefoot Contessa. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love simple “foolproof” recipes
Thanks for the wonderful giveaway! I love Ina!
I would love to have her cookbook.
Her recipes are most always a success.
this cookbook would offer a different aspect of cooking to me
thanks for chance to win this cookbook this cookbook would offer a different aspect of cooking to me
Would love to win this cookbook!
Great receipes
I would love this!
Thanks!
Thanks for the chance!
I have several of Ina’s cookbooks and this would be a wonderful addition to my collection!
I love her recipes!
I love Barefoot Contessa! Would love to have one of her cookbooks.
This looks like a very awesome cookbook. Thanks for the giveaway!! :)
I need some new dinner inspiration!
i need something that’s foolproof!
Ina Garten’s recipes are fabulous. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks
I love watching her show and would love this Cookbook!
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I love Ina!!
I would love to add this cookbook to my collection! It looks like a real winner.
I watch her show as often as I can so this cookbook would be great and my family would thank you also!
I love trying new recipes, thanks for giveaway
I enjoy the work of Ina Garten!
Love to cook, try new things and I love cookbooks!
LOVE LOVE LOVE The Contessa
My husband loves cook books and he likes the Barefoot Contessa
I am a cookbook collector and I would like to add this to my collection.
I ask myself when cooking ” what would Ina do?
I would love to win this book for my daughter.She loves to cook and collects cookbooks.
Watching Ina’ s show has always reminded me of time spent with a special friend from which I had become estranged. As I have unjust reconciled after many years it would be wonderful to win Ina’s new book. My girlfriend and I could spend time preparing recipes and catching up.
Super Cute – would love it for my collection!! Thanks for the chance!
My sister watches Ina religiously on the Food Network. She has tried several of her recipes. I think she would be thrilled to have her cookbook.
thanks for the giveaway
Ina makes the best foods and nothing too hard, just delicious
I love barefoot Contessa! Thanks!
I love her and her show.. I learned so much about cooking.
Barefoot Contessa is my favorite! She is wonderful!
Thank you for the great giveaway :)
I love to cook I hope that I win
This sounds like a great cookbook. Thanks for the giveaway.
I LOVE her show and would LOVE her book!
I really love Ina. Thanks!
i love the recipes she does on her show and would love to have this book!
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Thanks so much for the great giveaway, I would love to give this a try in my kitchen! :)
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I need cookbooks and love her show!