Get the best New Year's Eve dessert recipes from TODAY Food including banana cream pie shots, easy Oreo truffles and cheesecake bars.

And when we thought about that, our minds immediately went to the great host of our times, Ina Garten, a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa. And she invited us into her absolutely idyllic home.

I'm talking about mac and cheese, obviously. I'm a huge pasta fan, especially when the recipe is by Ina Garten (I've even been ranking them!). So, I decided to try her "grown up" mac and cheese ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When I first became interested in food and cooking, I spent a lot of time watching Ina Garten on Food Network and pouring over her cookbooks ...

In lemon bars, Garten takes care in how she uses her flour and suggests bakers incorporate it slowly -- not only in their lemon bar fillings but also in the baked good's base of shortbread-esque ...

Getty Images/Allrecipes In our world, there’s nothing better than a simple upgrade that takes a dish from good to great, and nobody does that quite like Ina Garten. She's also the golden ... into the ...

Ina Garten’s Go-To Dinners is my featured cookbook this week. If you’re hosting a holiday feast and you feel a tad lost, this cookbook is your life boat, and Ina is your Chablis-slingin' captain.

Since becoming a freelance writer in 2019, Emily has developed significant experience covering viral pop culture ...