The salad is Ina Garten’s recipe for the beloved dish served at the Charlie Bird restaurant in New York City. It’s a ...

The classic summer dish features ripe tomatoes, day-old bread, olive oil, garlic and a splash of vinegar. It comes together in minutes, and it gets bonus points for being Ina Garten -approved.

Ina Garten: And every year we would pack up the orders Wednesday night so people could come in Thursday morning. And I would use the van out-- out-- next to the store as a refrigerator.

Garten starts by soaking her mussels in water seasoned with a bit of flour, which helps to get rid of any sand. You also want to make sure that any beards on the shells are removed before you ...

The San Marzano tomatoes grown in the U.S. — the ones that Ina Garten often favors — are quite delicious too, and comparable to the Italian canned variety.