ntantiques wrote:

> Have been busy the past few months chairing an fundraising auction for
> our local Habitat for Humanity. We thought it would be fun to include
> a few celebrity items, so the search was on...First to respond with a
> lovely signed cookbook was The Barefoot Contessa. Of the celeb chefs,
> Ina Garten was the only one who even had a means of contact and she's
> aces in my book!

Yes, that was classy of her.
Did you have any other responders?