I picked up a copy of Ina Garten’s The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and discovered a recipe for Roasted Tomato Basil Soup. I had made many tomato soups, usually using canned tomatoes, not fresh.

And with the temperatures dipping down to freezing last night, Emily picked the perfect time to show us how to whip up a tomato basil soup using a Vitamix.

The Barefoot Contessa adds just 2 tablespoons of curry powder to her soup, so a little bit goes a long way, and you can save the rest for a chicken biryani platter, a pot of lentil stew ...

I've been making my way through Ina Garten's dessert recipes. Her blueberry-ricotta breakfast cake is bright and light, and her brownies are outrageously good. But my favorite is her mocha icebox cake ...

NEW YORK — Long before Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly.

Garten released a memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens." NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off ...

The Barefoot Contessa is married to the love of her life, but her cozy, welcoming kitchen is the opposite of what she knew as a girl. The old adage that chance favors the prepared mind has been ...