Barefoot Contessa - my favourite cooking show!

It's lashing raining here, I had planned on going for a cycle before work but it is just to wet.  Instead I am catching up on my favourite cooking show Ina Garten's "Barefoot Contessa".  I record all of her shows and then watch them when Ciaran is not about.  Today Ina is cooking clams on the beach for her friends - it is another world and it certainly helps me forget about he dreary weather outside my door!

While she was prepping the food for her guests she asked a friend to set the beach up for a simple beach party.  "Simple" does not seem to be in this man's vocabulary! He is a florist so he planted 4 palm trees on the beach along with bringing some fabulous beach blankets and a bench and a grill.  It was all finished off with some hydrangea's and glass vases filled with sand, shells and candles - it looked amazing.

After clams and burgers topped with caramelised Ina's guests were treated to "S'mores".  I always see S'mores in American films but have never tasted one, they look delish - might make some next time I am in Key West and using the bbq!  

Next up she is cooking swordfish with a garlic and ginger marinade!!!

PS. I should mention dinner yesterday in my parents house.  My mother cooked Pulled Pork for the first time using a recipe given to here when she was in New York with my sister last week.  It was amazing!  She got up at 6am to put it on to cook.  Wow, it was worth it!