Food Network's Ina Garten Shares Culinary Secrets at Verizon Hall Today

The best-selling cookbook author and star of Food Network's Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten, is coming to Philadelphia tonight, November 12 at the KimMel Center's Verizon Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for Ina Garten: The Barefoot Contessa range in price from $49.75 to $59.75 can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at kimmelcenter.org, at the KimMel Center box office, Broad & Spruce streets. (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

Ina Garten shares her natural approach to food; sharing tips, stories, and maybe even some recipes. On stage, Ina Garten delivers a charming insider's view of the world of the Barefoot Contessa and the pleasures of good food, cooked with love and passion and engages the audience with an interactive Q&A.

Garten opened up a store in the Hamptons called Barefoot Contessa in 1978. Eighteen years later, the store had grown to a 3,000 sq. ft. store, which she sold to start working on her cookbooks. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook was published in 1999 and was one of the best-selling cookbooks of the year. She has gone on to write seven more cookbooks, including Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust, scheduled to be released in October. In addition, Garten has contributed to House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Living, and O, Oprah's magazine.

In 2002, Food Network approached Ina to do a cooking show based on her cookbooks and love of entertaining. That was 10 years ago and her Emmy-winning cooking show, Barefoot Contessa, is still one of the highest rated shows on Food Network.