When I was growing up in the Midwest, no Thanksgiving menu was complete without two mandatory homemade pies: pumpkin and pecan. I’d lend a hand with holiday dessert duty, and throughout the year, Mom ...

Celebrity chef Ina Garten sits on stage at an event. - Michael Loccisano/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When the Barefoot Contessa — also known to an adoring ...

It even includes an "Ina approved" store-bought shortcut. I grew up eating wet-bottom, Amish shoofly pie, and have spent the rest of my life trying to explain what it is. I joke with friends that it's ...