Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Product ID: 657649561
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review , Time, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Town & Country Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account of her remarkable journey. Ina’s gift is to make everything look easy, yet all her accomplishments have been the result of hard work, audacious choices, and exquisite attention to detail. In her unmistakable voice (no one tells a story like Ina), she brings her past and her process to life in a high-spirited and no-holds-barred memoir that chronicles decades of personal challenges, adventures (and misadventures) and unexpected career twists, all delivered with her signature combination of playfulness and purpose. From a difficult childhood to meeting the love of her life, Jeffrey, and marrying him while still in college, from a boring bureaucratic job in Washington, D.C., to answering an ad for a specialty food store in the Hamptons, from the owner of one Barefoot Contessa shop to author of bestselling cookbooks and celebrated television host, Ina has blazed her own trail and, in the meantime, taught millions of people how to cook and entertain. Now, she invites them to come closer to experience her story in vivid detail and to share the important life lessons she learned along the way: do what you love because if you love it you’ll be really good at it, swing for the fences, and always Be Ready When the Luck Happens .
| Country Of Origin | USA |
| Dimensions | 16.26 x 2.87 x 23.9 cm |
| Importer | Bookswagon, 2/13 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002, [email protected], 01140159253 |
| Isbn 10 | 0593799895 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0593799895 |
| Item Weight | 1 kg 50 g |
| Language | English |
| Packer | Bookswagon, 2/13 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002, [email protected], 01140159253 |
| Print Length | 272 pages |
| Publication Date | 1 October 2024 |
| Publisher | Crown Pub |
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Great
A really interesting read about the life of one of my favourite tv cooks. A lot of information in the book that I wasn’t aware of, so I found it interesting and informative.I bought the paperback, which is 394 pages, decent sized font, a few black and white pictures, and an east read.
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Good
Well written and funny. Lettering is good.
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Career path & investments in real estate
It reads like a CV of her career. I was skipping pages and trying to find a chapter that would hold my interest. The only thing that remained with me was that she worked a lot and she was number one in her life.
User
Amazing biography
What a treat to read this book by the incomparable @inagarten . I have watched Ina’s cooking shows for years and made countless dishes from her many cookbooks (her Mac and Cheese from Barefoot Contessa Family Style is a staple in our house) but I realize that I knew very little about her life outside of Barefoot Contessa.From her difficult childhood to her relationship with her husband Jeffrey, from her homes in the Hamptons and Paris to the many career decisions she’s made, Ina shares little known tidbits and stories that demonstrate a life well and deliciously-lived.A must-read for any foodie but also an inspiration for independent and determined women, this biography was an absolute pleasure to devour.Special shout out about the included recipe for Outrageous Brownies - they are even more amazing than their name suggests!#barefootcontessa #inagarren #nonfiction #tackleyourTBR
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Captivating memoir. Bravo from Paris!
An honest, moving, and down to earth autobiography of one of my favorite chefs, poignant, interesting and humbling.Very unpretentious, she shares the victories and challenges of her life, both personally and professionally and how she overcame them. She is truly a treasure both to watch and to read about in this book. Even if you hate cooking, you will love her story. But let the reader beware, after reading this you will be itching to go to France.
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