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Ina Gartenis celebrating 20 years since the first episode of her breakout show,Barefoot Contessa, aired.
On Thursday, the celebrity chef, 74, posted an Instagramthrowback clipfrom the Food Network seriesin honor of the two-decade milestone.
“It’s been 20 years since I filmed the first show of Barefoot Contessa for @foodnetwork. This is a clip from that original show,” she wrote in the caption. “It was a Mediterranean Feast and I made Fresh Lemonade. Was I talking fast enough?? LOL!!”
She added her lemonaderecipeis “the perfect drink for this Labor Day weekend.”
The clip begins with Garten telling viewers that her lemonade is “not that stuff your mother used to bring home from the grocery store, but the real thing made with freshly squeezed lemons.”
Gartenthen juices the lemons and explains the drink would “be great with a Mediterranean feast and for those of you who like a little something special, you can mix it with vodka,” later adding, “I’m definitely putting vodka in mine.”
She then blends “super fine” sugar, ice, water and lemon juice to make the lemonade.
The clip concludes with the Food Network star sampling the tasty drink and giving it her iconic seal of approval. “It’s fabulous!” she says.
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Garten has come a long way since the first episode ofBarefoot Contessa.Most recently, she’s gearing up to release her new cookbook,Go-To Dinners, this October.
ShetoldPEOPLE in March that she wrote the book during the height of theCOVID-19 pandemicwhen, like many, she was exhausted from making all three meals a day for herself and her husband,Jeffrey.
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In addition to traditional dinner recipes, fans can expect breakfast-for-dinner hits like scrambled eggs cacio e pepe and roasted vegetables with jammy eggs. She also completes the meal with easy desserts like bourbon chocolate pecan pie and Beatty’s chocolate cupcakes.
“I loved writing this book and I hope people will love cooking from it!” Garten said.
source: people.com
