Ina has the solution to the scariest nightmare - your boss coming to dinner! Everyone's expecting something fancy so surprise them with the best comfort food - Turkey Meatloaf, Parmesan mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts and Brownies a la mode.
In exchange for pots and garden plans, Ina cooks for a friend. For lunch. pea soup and roasted red pepper and goats cheese sandwiches and for an afternoon treat, carrot and pineapple cake.
It's Ina's friend Robert Stillin Birthday and she's making him a special Birthday dinner. Rack of Lamb Pissaldiere, Potato and Fennel Gratin, Sautéed Carrots and Coeur a La Crème with fruit sauce. This is a perfect gift for the man who has everything.
Ina is hosting a dinner party Friday night but has no time to make dinner. So she creates a menu that can be made in advance. Zucchini Vichyssoise, Rosemary Polenta, Chicken with Morels and Coconut Macaroons served with iced coffee.
Ina has the solution to the dark, sandy clambakes we are all used to - a Kitchen clambake all made in one pot on the stove! It takes less than an hour to cook and prepare, and to add to it Ina makes Margaritas, a tomato basil salad and Apple dessert.
Chocolate has always been a real menu pleaser. Ina pulls out all her favourite chocolate recipe moments. Chocolate white chocolate chunk cookies, Truffles, Tiramisu, chocolate brownies and for the more health conscious chocolate dipped strawberries.
The stakes are high so the food has to be distractingly tasty as well as made in card game friendly bite sized portions. Ina makes mini Lobster Salad, Vegetable Sushi, Lamb sausage in puff pastry and tiny Linzer cookies.
It's Ina's flawless plan for a Big Breakfast party where you don't have to get up at dawn. Recipes for Strawberry scones and Potato Basil Frittatas made the night before, so that all that has to be done in the morning is reheating and laying out the table
Just when Ina's friends Frank & Stephen expect a low key supper-Ina has something else in mind- a fun surprise dinner by the ocean. Ina cooks filet of Beef sandwiches, chilled Gazpacho, Endive and Avocado Salad, Grilled herb shrimp and outrageous brownies.
Ina promised her friend Stephen a cooking lesson for his birthday. She'll show him how to make a foolproof dinner of Indonesian Chicken with roasted carrots and Cocunut Cupcakes. Stephen not only gets to make it, he gets to eat it too!