12/14/2022
Cooking
For the holidays, my Orange Marmalade-Glazed Ham from Go-To Dinners is the easiest and most delicious dinner you'll ever make! The bone-in ham is from Nodines Smokehouse—you make the marmalade glaze, pour it on the ham, and just bake it. How easy it that??! Great for dinner or for a cocktail party with mini biscuits and chutney. #storeboughtisfine
11/21/2022
Entertaining
I love Thanksgiving!! But after cooking non-stop for the past two and a half years, I thought we could all use a break. When the New York Times asked me to make a delicious “store-bought” Thanksgiving dinner, I thought, “Who could do that??!” But the idea kept tugging at me and I decided to try.
I had two requirements for each dish. First, that a store-bought ingredient, like packaged stuffing mix or a can of whole-berry cranberry sauce, made the dish much easier to prepare; and second, that the final product totally tasted like it was made from scratch. No one will ever know that the store-bought ingredient is in there!
Whether you serve the classics from your childhood or start new traditions this year, I hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Click here to link to my New York Times "Store-Bought Thanksgiving" menu
xxxx Ina
10/11/2022
Cooking
Now that autumn is really here, all I want for dinner is something warm and satisfying like Chicken in a Pot with Orzo from my newest cookbook Go-To Dinners. It has all the classic chicken soup flavors plus a big pinch of saffron. It's made in one big pot so the whole house smells wonderful! Go-To Dinners publishes on October 25th and is available for pre-order now wherever books are sold.
1/26/2022
Cooking
When it’s cold outside, Mac & Cheese is always a good idea, but my Truffled Mac & Cheese will make your dinner feel like a celebration. It has two kinds of cheeses, two kinds of mushrooms, and the secret ingredient -truffle butter! - is less expensive than you think. This is classic comfort food but so much better than you expect!
11/20/2020
Cooking
Thanksgiving this year is inevitably going to be different from any other year but I think it’s still important to take the time to celebrate it safely. Even in a pandemic, we can find new things to be thankful for, such as the pleasure of eating Thanksgiving outdoors, where it’s safer and easier to socially distance. This year, instead of cooking a massive dinner for a crowd, I’ve collected my favorite Thanksgiving recipes that serve just four people and I’m calling it a Micro-Thanksgiving. But not to worry, just because it’s small, doesn’t mean that it can’t be absolutely delicious!! Which leads to another thing to be thankful for – a smaller dinner means less to clean-up!
I hope you love the recipes and that your family stays safe so you can celebrate many, many more happy Thanksgivings together!
3/23/2022
Out & About
Cooking during the pandemic got pretty crazy, even for me, so I devised all kinds of ways to get dinner on the table with the least amount of stress. My new book, Go-To Dinners is a collection of easy, make ahead, prep ahead, freeze ahead, and simply assembled recipes that you’ll want to make over and over again. Go-To Dinners will be published on October 25th and is available for preorder with booksellers everywhere!
2/14/2022
Entertaining
Every Valentine's Day needs a romantic soundtrack, right?? I have a playlist of all my favorite love songs so all you need to do is press play! It's available on Apple Music, Pandora, and Spotify - and I hope you love it! Happy Valentine's Day!
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