Ina Garten Shares Throwback Clip from First Episode of ‘Barefoot Contessa’ That Aired 20 Years In the past

Ina Garten is celebrating 20 years because the first episode of her breakout present, Barefoot Contessa, aired.

On Thursday, the superstar chef, 74, posted an Instagram throwback clip from the Meals Community collection in honor of the two-decade milestone.

“It has been 20 years since I filmed the primary present of Barefoot Contessa for @foodnetwork. It is a clip from that unique present,” she wrote within the caption. “It was a Mediterranean Feast and I made Contemporary Lemonade. Was I speaking quick sufficient?? LOL!!”

She added her lemonade recipe is “the proper drink for this Labor Day weekend.”

The clip begins with Garten telling viewers that her lemonade is “not that stuff your mom used to convey house from the grocery retailer, however the true factor made with freshly squeezed lemons.”

Garten then juices the lemons and explains the drink would “be nice with a Mediterranean feast and for these of you who like a bit one thing particular, you’ll be able to combine it with vodka,” later including, “I am undoubtedly placing vodka in mine.”

She then blends “tremendous effective” sugar, ice, water and lemon juice to make the lemonade.

The clip concludes with the Meals Community star sampling the tasty drink and giving it her iconic seal of approval. “It is fabulous!” she says.

Garten has come a great distance because the first episode of Barefoot Contessa. Most just lately, she’s gearing as much as launch her new cookbook, Go-To Dinners, this October.

She advised PEOPLE in March that she wrote the ebook throughout the top of the COVID-19 pandemic when, like many, she was exhausted from making all three meals a day for herself and her husband, Jeffrey.

“My new ebook Go-To Dinners got here out of being in lockdown and having to cook dinner on a regular basis!” she mentioned of the ebook printed by Clarkson Potter. “I discovered simpler methods to make scrumptious dinners with make-ahead, prep-ahead, freeze-ahead recipes plus ‘two-fers’ — cooking one dish that turns into one thing completely completely different the following night time.”

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Along with conventional dinner recipes, followers can count on breakfast-for-dinner hits like scrambled eggs cacio e pepe and roasted greens with jammy eggs. She additionally completes the meal with straightforward desserts like bourbon chocolate pecan pie and Beatty’s chocolate cupcakes.

“I liked scripting this ebook and I hope folks will love cooking from it!” Garten mentioned.