From the Blog

• August 08, 2019 Our Visit with Hôtel Silver

  

  Last month Cindy had a wonderful visit with the great Hôtel Silver collector and dealer, Ginger Kilbane. It’s always a pleasure to visit Hotel Silver headquarters which is nestled in the woods of Connecticut. It’s like a cottage hidden in the forest and filled with silver gorgeousness.

• July 19, 2019 Ina Garten's Cookbook Index

  

  Sometimes we get questions about how we keep track of all the Barefoot Contessa recipes - now that Ina Garten's on her eleventh book, it gets a little tricky. My mom knows almost every Barefoot Contessa book by heart but I’m not so lucky so here’s my trick - the Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Index and a Personal Recipe File.

• June 26, 2019 Cassandra's Birthday Lunch

  

  We are so excited to share some photos from the surprise birthday lunch we had for Cassandra earlier this month! Our Cassandra’s Kitchen team hosted a fun, casual outdoor lunch to celebrate Cassandra’s 40th birthday. We decided on the Grill Party Menu from Ina Garten’s Parties! Cookbook and we recruited Cassandra’s mom Barbara to help us put it all together. Our friend George Waldron brought his A-game and helped us create the most amazingly gorgeous cake ever.

• May 09, 2019 Mother's Day Brunch

  

  As many of you know, my mom Barbara has been Ina Garten’s assistant for more than 20 years. What started as a part-time job working on The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook turned into an exciting, life-changing career and unique friendship. Last week my mom and I decided to have an early Mother’s Day brunch and cook together. Whenever my mother visits, we cook. Mother’s Day is no exception - she has so much wisdom in the kitchen and I’m always learning from her. We laugh and chat. If I happen to rush through things or get ahead of myself, my mom gives me the “that’s not how Ina does it” line. It’s wonderful.