Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics

Thanks to streaming services you can binge watch your way through Ina's extensive knowledge and expertise, learning many helpful tips along the way.

Watching this series allows the viewer to learn, take notes, and witness the evolution of recipes as well as food styles; how once hard to find ingredients have become staples in every grocery store - such as fleur-de-sel, créme fraîche, & Madagascar vanilla.

Ina does not dumb-down the recipes or the techniques required but rather simplifies the language and talks you through it, showing you just how easy good meals can be when prepared properly with the right ingredients.

Come for the food and stay for the fun, not minding the few too many "fantastic!" and "fabulous!" along the way.