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Despite her multimillion dollar fortune and celebrity pals, Ina Garten is a true balabusta

JL;DR SUMMARY Ina Garten, better known as The Barefoot Contessa, continues to charm audiences with her memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens," where she reveals the journey from her intriguing past to becoming a culinary mogul. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CookingMemoirJewish HeritageEntrepreneurshipComfort FoodIna GartenBarefoot ContessaCelebrity ChefsBalabustaMisha Berson

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Garten, born Ina Rosenberg in Brooklyn, is an entrepreneur de cuisine, and a hugely successful one in the gracious living business."
Westhampton, New York, United States
"she shares how her career began with the purchase of The Barefoot Contessa (one of many profitable impulses), a gourmet deli in Long Islands Westhampton."
East Hampton, New York, United States
"And she eventually expanded and relocated that gourmet emporium to tony East Hampton, a summer playground for the rich and even better market for her delectable chocolate chip cookies, fresh baguettes and carry-out roast chickens."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"living alone for the first time with a hellish work schedule, and a heavy commute from her dreary digs in Manhattan."
Seattle, Washington, United States
"Misha Berson, former theater critic for the Seattle Times, author of Somethings Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination, and occasional contributor to these pages, died Feb. 13."
Detroit, Michigan, United States
"That was my paternal bubbe Paulina. Upon entering her Detroit house, she greeted you with, A glass tea?"

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