Garten later penned a column for Martha Stewart Living and secured her first book deal with Stewart's help after bringing a publisher to her specialty food store, The Barefoot Contessa.

For starters, they're thriving professionally. As Contessa shared in a Sept. 2024 interview with The Daily Dish, "We actually are expanding our practice ... A building became available not far ...

Contessa don’t make it easy when she takes matters into her own hands. Dr. Jackie Walters continues to be the peacemaker this season, but her patience is being tested as she wonders where some ...