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Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten Has the Perfect Hack to Quickly Chill a Bottle of Wine or Champagne

Ina Garten shares her hack for quickly chilling a bottle of wine or champagne. Rather than using just a bucket of ice to get the job done, the Barefoot Contessa star adds water to the ice to chill the bottle faster. Garten also has cocktails that use champagne or prosecco with customizable options.

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‘Barefoot Contessa’: Ina Garten’s Favorite Summer Cocktail Is Just 3 Ingredients

Ina Garten shared a refreshing cocktail that's perfect for summer on her Instagram account. The Barefoot Contessa star's Aperol spritzers are a combination of Aperol, prosecco, and sparkling water she says looks like an Italian sunset. Garten's favorite cocktail is a whiskey sour, which she makes with fresh juice rather than sour mix.

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Ina Garten Once Admitted Her Kitchen Is ‘Not Impressive’

Ina Garten's fans adore her style and kitchen layout but, according to the Barefoot Contessa star, she doesn't think it's all that impressive. Garten says she focuses more on function than fashion yet somehow manages to accomplish both. Garten loves simplicity in all aspects of her life, including her kitchen workspace.

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Ina Garten Reveals the 1 Thing She Will Never Have in Her Kitchen

Ina Garten has a very simple approach to her kitchen design, including the choice to have her equipment and tools mostly white. The Barefoot Contessa star shares that you'll never find a hot pink spatula among her white, wood, and stainless steel collection of kitchen items.

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‘Barefoot Contessa’: Ina Garten Has 3 Tricks for Limited Seating When Guests Have to Eat Dinner on Their Laps

Ina Garten has the perfect tips and tricks for entertaining guests when you're short on table seating. If guests have to eat on their laps, it's not a deal breaker, as the Barefoot Contessa star explained the meal planning tips that make dining without a table a workable solution.

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‘Barefoot Contessa’: Ina Garten Shared the Ideal Dinner Party Size for Perfect Entertaining

Ina Garten knows how to throw a great dinner party, in part because she keeps her guest list small and makes the setting intimate. The Barefoot Contessa star shares that six guest is the ideal number, seated at a small table for the best conversations. Garten explains how she seats the most talkative people.

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‘The Office’: Steve Carell ‘Broke Down Laughing’ During This Improvised Rainn Wilson Moment

Steve Carell found this scene on The Office with Rainn Wilson particularly hard to get through. According to Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, Wilson would improvise the sound effects during The Dundies awards while Michael was hosting. Carell 'broke down laughing' and they had to stop filming.

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Ina Garten’s Delicious Barefoot Contessa Chicken Recipe Is an ‘Easy’ Weeknight Dinner ‘But Special Enough for Company’

Ina Garten's chicken with shallots recipe is an easy weeknight dinner but is fancy enough that you can serve it to dinner party guests. The Barefoot Contessa star shares her tips for this chicken with a flavorful buttery sauce. Garten's baked lemon chicken is another easy meal that takes very little time to prepare.

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Ina Garten Follows 2 Big Rules for Cooking and Entertaining That Sum up the Barefoot Contessa Philosophy Perfectly

Ina Garten shared the rules she follows for her kitchen design, as well as cooking and entertaining. Not surprisingly, the Barefoot Contessa star focuses on keeping things simple in all of these aspects of her life. For Garten, she keeps her kitchen and food simple and her guests are comfortable and relaxed because nothing is fussy.

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Ina Garten’s Kitchen Design Tricks Are Smart Shortcuts That Help Save Time

Ina Garten has a few tips and tricks when it comes to kitchen organization and tools that help her save time. the Barefoot Contessa star explained that a good refrigerator is key, as is a second dishwasher. She also explained how she loves a deep sink and doesn't like to stack items for easier access.

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Ina Garten Has the Perfect No-Mess Hack for Cutting Cauliflower

Ina Garten demonstrates how to cut a head of cauliflower without making a mess. After receiving a question about how to cut the vegetable without the florets getting everywhere, the Barefoot Contessa star took to Instagram to show her foolproof method. Garten also has a no-mess system for removing corn kernels from the cob.

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‘Barefoot Contessa’: Ina Garten Has Very Specific Rules for Seating Dinner Party Guests

Ina Garten shared some of her tips, tricks, and rules when throwing a dinner party. The Barefoot Contessa star knows the perfect number of guests and how to seat them for the best conversation. Garten doesn't use name cards for the place settings but makes suggestions to her guests about where to sit.

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‘Barefoot Contessa’: Ina Garten Makes a Fancy Restaurant Dessert Simple With Easy Store-Bought Shortcuts

Ina Garten takes a dramatic restaurant dessert and makes it simple. The Barefoot Contessa star's twist on a fancy raspberry baked Alaska has some shortcuts, including the use of store-bought ingredients such as pound cake, ice cream, sorbet, and jam in the raspberry sauce. It's baked for a beautiful outcome that gives a 'wow' factor.

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‘Barefoot Contessa’: Ina Garten’s Brunch Menu Is the Perfect Make-Ahead Meal With a Few Surprising Shortcuts

Ina Garten offers up her perfect go-to brunch menu, which features a delicious frittata, but also has some easy shortcuts. The Barefoot Contessa star recommends her potato basil frittata recipe as well as bagels, smoked salmon, cream cheese, a tomato salad, and fresh fruit for dessert.

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‘Barefoot Contessa’ Ina Garten’s Easy Chicken Piccata Recipe Uses 1 Trick for the Best Flavor

Barefoot Contessa star Ina Garten shares her tips and tricks for her delicious chicken piccata recipe. Garten swapped out her usual roast chicken recipe for husband Jeffrey with this flavorful breaded chicken with a delicious lemon, wine, and butter sauce. Garten's husband Jeffrey is, of course, a fan of his wife's Friday night chicken dinner.

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Ina Garten Couldn’t Film ‘Barefoot Contessa’ in Her Home Anymore: ‘Jeffrey Was Going to Divorce Me’

Ina Garten knew she couldn't film her Barefoot Contessa cooking show from her home's kitchen for too long. With film crews taking over her house, she joked that her husband Jeffrey 'was going to divorce me.' She now films in a gorgeous barn that houses her kitchen and office spaces.

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‘The Office’: Steve Carell and Rainn Wilson Were ‘Cracking Each Other Up’ During This Hilarious Scene

Steve Carell and Rainn Wilson found that getting through this season 1 scene was challenging. During an episode of the Office Ladies podcast, Jenna Fischer shared how the two actors were 'cracking each other up' over Dwight's line 'do you love her?' about the character Katy.

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Barefoot Contessa: Ina Garten’s Perfect Make-Ahead Dessert Recipe for a Picnic or Party

Ina Garten loves her pecan squares recipe dipped in chocolate for a picnic or a party. The easy recipe has a shortbread as its base and is topped with gooey pecans, then she dip the end of each square into chocolate. The Barefoot Contessa dessert recipe makes enough to feed a crowd.

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‘The Office’: Jenna Fischer Said This ‘Office’ Co-Star ‘Changed My Life’

Jenna Fischer almost quit acting before she landed her role as Pam Beesly on The Office. One of her co-stars, Phyllis Smith, played a part in Fischer continuing with her acting career, however. Smith worked as a casting associate and often read with Fischer during auditions.

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‘The Office’ Has an Interesting Connection to ‘The Golden Girls’

One of The Office's producers inspired a Golden Girls' character's name. Kent Zbornak was an assistant to The Golden Girls creator and she loved his last name. That's why Bea Arthur's character is named Dorothy Zbornak, the Office Ladies podcast revealed.