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Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) Copycat Recipes

Ina Garten ran The Barefoot Contessa specialty food store in East Hampton, New York from 1978 to 1996, eventually selling it to focus on cookbooks and television. Her first book, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (1999), introduced home cooks to unfussy, ingredient-forward recipes built on real butter, fresh herbs, and generosity of flavor. Six more New York Times bestselling cookbooks and the long-running Food Network series followed. Her perfect roast chicken became one of the most-searched celebrity chef recipes in the US — famous for being the dish women reportedly made their boyfriends before receiving a marriage proposal, earning it the nickname 'engagement chicken.'

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