Barefoot Contessa: Cooking Show on Food Network

Barefoot Contessa is a cooking show that premiered November 30, 2002 on Food Network. This popular show is hosted by celebrity chef Ina Garten. Each episode features Garten assembling dishes of varying complexity. Though her speciality is French cuisine, she occasionally prepares American, Asian, British and Italian foods. Her show also gives tips on decorating and entertaining.
The "Barefoot Contessa" name comes from Garten's best-selling cookbook, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, which in turn was named after her specialty food store which she bought in 1978. The store, which is no longer in operation, opened in 1975 and was named after the 1954 film of the same name. The show is recorded in Garten's home in East Hampton, New York.
Barefoot Contessa Season 16 Episode 1 (Summertime Easy) airs: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 5:00pm EDT on Food Network. Synopsis of the episode: Roasted shrimp with feta; caramel ice cream; garden pasta.