Mar. 15, 2025
Amanda Jones and the cover of ‘That Librarian’.Photo:Kathryn & Traveis Photography; Courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing
Kathryn & Traveis Photography; Courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing
“I’ve been speaking on censorship for years before I was targeted and before my town was targeted,” Jones tells PEOPLE. “I had friends in Texas and Florida who had experienced some really wild things in their areas, so I knew it could happen, but I wasn’t prepared for people to be so obsessive and hateful.
Mar. 15, 2025
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Ina Gartenand her husbandJeffrey Gartenare celebrating New Year’s Eve in style!
The Food Network star, 75, and herhusband Jeffrey Gartenrang in 2024 while in Paris, where they own an apartment. Sharing a snap of their exquisite, orange-themed tablescape, Garten wished her 4.2 million Instagram followers a Happy New Year.
“Table set for New Year’s Eve in Paris,” Ina wrote in her caption. “Hope everyone is spending it with people they love.
Mar. 15, 2025
Ina and Jeffrey Garten share their unconventional Valentine’s Day plans.Photo: COURTESY INA GARTEN
The more the merrier atIna GartenandJeffrey Garten’s Valentine’s Day festivities.
TheBe My Guest with Ina Gartenhost shared her unconventional V-Day plans with her 4.3 million Instagram followers. Ina and Jeffrey, who first met when she was 16-year-old high schooler and he was an 18-year-old Dartmouth student, don’t like a private celebration on the romantic holiday.
“People usually spend Valentine’s Day with their one special person, but Jeffrey and I like to extend the love and include friends, as well,” the cookbook author wrote.
Mar. 15, 2025
Ina Garten suggests cutting a bagel in thirds.Photo:Food Network
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Ina Gartenalways has a trick up her sleeve — even when it comes to something as simple as cutting a bagel.
ABarefoot Contessaclip recently resurfaced online causing passionate opinions from fans. The cookbook author describes her favorite way to slice a bagel — but rather than cutting the breakfast staple in half, Garten demonstrates how she likes to divide it in thirds horizontally.
Mar. 15, 2025
Coco Mellors and the cover of ‘Blue Sisters’.Photo:Ballantine Books; Zoe Potkin
Ballantine Books; Zoe Potkin
It took author Coco Mellors five years to write her debut novel,Cleopatra and Frankenstein, but the journey helped with future projects.
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Mellors, who wrote the book while living in Los Angeles during the pandemic, grew up between London and New York, and says that drafting the novel became her only way to “travel” during that period.