But, like most that appears only to glitter, the Barefoot Contessa's trajectory hasn't always been lined with gold alone. The brick-and-mortar store Barefoot Contessa, which eventually became ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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. It was the ...

Last month, Stewart called out the Barefoot Contessa in a profile for The New ... Stewart was a major fan of the famous lemon bars at Garten's now-shuttered specialty food store in the Hamptons.

Garten later penned a column for Martha Stewart Living and secured her first book deal with Stewart's help after bringing a publisher to her specialty food store, The Barefoot Contessa.

Anyone who has viewed her program, “Barefoot Contessa,” knows how she dotes on Jeffrey. Here she credits him with lifting her out of a lonely childhood and giving her a chance at real happiness.

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.

Ina Garten appears at the 28th annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 13, in New York. Garten released a memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens." [Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP, File] ...