Posts with tag "ina garten"

Fans React to Ina Garten's Make-A-Wish Snub

Posted Mar 31st 2011 at 05:16 PM by Rae Votta

After Food Network star Ina Garten realized the PR mistake in turning down a terminally ill child who requested a cooking lesson with her via the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the 'Barefoot Contessa' turned around and changed her tune, offering to fulfill the wish. But too little, too late, according to TMZ, which reports that the boy's family turned down Garten's offer. Our Facebook fans had a lot to ...

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'Barefoot' Backfire: Make-a-Wish Kid Turns Ina Down

Posted Mar 31st 2011 at 09:13 AM by Rob Shuter

It's the PR disaster heard 'round the world. The tables have turned on Food Network star Ina Garten, the 'Barefoot Contessa,' who got caught red-handed last week turning down a Make-a-Wish kid. On Monday, she called the family of Enzo Pereda, a 6-year-old cancer patient, to say she had reconsidered, but now TMZ is reporting they turned her down. "This has been a disaster for Ina," a foodie ...

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'Barefoot Contessa' Ina Garten Refuses to Meet 6-Year-Old Cancer Patient

Posted Mar 25th 2011 at 12:45 PM by Sarah Crow

Ina Garten is cooking up some seriously bad karma along with her culinary creations. Garten, known to many by her TV moniker 'Barefoot Contessa,' has refused to meet a 6-year-old boy suffering from cancer, despite his multiple pleas. The boy, Enzo, is suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia and reached out to Garten through the Make-A-Wish Foundation for the first time three years ago, ...

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Jennifer Garner Lives Life at 'Two Extremes'

Posted Dec 9th 2009 at 09:00 AM by PopEater Staff

In the new issue of W, Jennifer Garner talks about being a working mother. "I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress," she tells the magazine. The stunning actress also discusses her love of the 'Barefoot Contessa,' her husband Ben Affleck and whether or not she would work with him again. Click for Photos and More Inside ...