Catering an event is all about making wise menu choices. Ina helps her friend's daughter who is getting married to choose a delicious dessert for the rehearsal dinner. There are two desserts to choose from and two different table decorations constructed by Miguel. Its a delicious choice between Baba au Rhum and Il Flottante.
A taste of the Hampton’s–that’s what Ina has planned for her friend Jack Pearson’s weekend guests. While they are touring the local food sites–a wonderful vineyard, farm stand and cheese spot, Ina’s whipping up a delicious Rare Roast Beef and Horseradish Sandwich, a Montauk Seafood Salad and Plum Raspberry Crumble--using only local produce.
When the pressures on, Ina needs to pull a meal together in record time. This is a menu planning and making in advance, two weeks in advance - now that's organized! This is freezer friendly food. Turkey Lasagna, Pesto, Palmiers, Mango Daquiris and Hot White Chocolate and Frozen Berries. On the day, all Ina has to do is defrost and heat up!
Ina and her Bridge party friends decide to ditch the chips and dip in favour of a pot luck party. Everyone gets a course and everyone picks one of Ina's foolproof recipes. Ina makes individual vegetable pot pies but what will everyone else make?
Just when everyone's expecting burgers and hot dogs Ina Garten puts the BBQ to the test & makes pizza's right on the grill. This is a help yourself and cook your own dinner. While Ina supplies the dough and toppings the guest assemble their own pizza.
Ina is hosting a delicious Sunday brunch party for a group of weekend guests
On the menu banana crunch muffins, vanilla yogurt with fruit, Bloody Mary, Smoked salmon fritatta and marmalade butter. This is weekend laid back food made in advance.
Ina takes her inspiration from Parisian markets, food stores and street cafes and translates scary traditional French recipes into easy foolproof have a go dishes. Recipes include: lemon chicken with croutons, French string beans and caramelised shallots influenced by the Parisian rotisserie, grilled sour dough topped with arugula and goats cheese and smoked salmon and cucumbers
Patricia Wells has lost 30 pounds no easy task when you're a famous gourmet cook living in Paris surrounded by tempting french delights. The newly svelte Patricia Wells visits Ina in the Hampton's & together they embark on a 24 hour low fat cooking regime.
Ina's friend is hosting an art exhibition and needs a menu that can stand the test of time and can be eaten from a napkin. Grilled lemon chicken with a satay dip, cheese straws, cheese platter and spanokopita and edible topiaries.
Bring a bottle of olive oil and some parmesan!. Ina's Italian importer friend is coming to dinner and she's making an Italian feast. Tuscan white bean soup, herbed roast leg of lamb, roasted fennel and summer fruits with vanilla mascapone.