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Giada's Kitchen: New Favorites from Everyday Italian
She’s taught us every facet of Italian cooking—from traditional and regional to seasonal and contemporary. She even made us fall in love with pasta again by opening us up to lighter, healthier versions that don’t weigh us down. Now the Food Network star and bestselling author of Everyday Pasta, Giada De Laurentiis, takes us down a new path, sharing her love of food with cl...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
October 20th 2010
by Clarkson Potter
(first published September 30th 2008)
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Another great book by Giada. I had the pleasure of seeing her recently at the South Beach Food and Wine festival and she was every bit as nice in person as she is on TV. She took a lot of time with the children in the audience and answering questions. Nutella rocks! .Anyway on to the book. Even though this a "foodie" book there are many recipes that my family enjoys in here. I love the "not just for kids" section at the end. Many recipes call for mascarpone cheese, main dishe...more
I went through this cookbook pretty quickly - there was literally only ONE recipe that really interested me. There were a few others that showed some promise, but had ingredients that at least one person in my family wouldn't appreciate. An example was the Asparagus Lasagna - I've made a veggie lasagna before (Ina Garten's Portobello Mushroom Lasagna, which is heaven), and this sounded yummy...except for sun dried tomatoes being an integral part of the dish.
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I also prefer cookbooks t...more
I LOVE Italian food. Love it. Really not a fan of Giada De Laurentiis as a television personality (get your boobs out of the food, woman!) but I do tend to enjoy the flavors she puts together.
Didn't have very many "Aha!" moments with this cookbook because I've seen so many of the recipes on TV (on mute, as I find her commentary annoying) but there were a handful of new ones I'm definitely going to try, the cornmeal cake and lamb ragu with ricotta topping among them.
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Didn't have very many "Aha!" moments with this cookbook because I've seen so many of the recipes on TV (on mute, as I find her commentary annoying) but there were a handful of new ones I'm definitely going to try, the cornmeal cake and lamb ragu with ricotta topping among them.
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I have tried the Apple and Thyme Martinis, Crispy Smoked Mozzarella with Honey and Figs, Red Pepper Cheesecake, Orecchiette with Mini Chicken Meatballs, Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes with Strawberry Glaze, Croissant Panini and Panini with Chocolate and Brie - all of which turned out GREAT! The book also does a nice job with the photography.
My mouth was watering going through this whole book. I haven't purchased any of Giada's books prior to this one because I've already collected so many of her recipes from her show so I figured there wouldn't be anything new in her books. This book did have new recipes and I will be making a large number of them in the near future.
Love Giada. She has a great personality and her cooking style is similar to mine. She likes classics with her own twist. I have made many of her recipes with success. Also, unlike Rachael Ray, she uses a lot of the same items over and over. So you don't end up with an obscure item that you will never use again.
I love Giada. I love her show. I love her cooking. I would love to marry her. However, she is not only taken, but also way out of my league. So the next best thing is to buy her book (sorta). However, this book is a bit different from the rest. Scanning through it are more of her recipes, nothing that really stands out as different from her previous books though. All great, but I was hoping for something new (but I'll edit this review if I'm mistaken once I give it a good read through). ...more
I was a bit disappointed in this book. Simple, flavorful dishes are what I expect from Giada De Laurentiis and these recipes were a bit stuffier than I expected. I'm going to stick with her other cookbooks.
Feels odd to see a 'curried chicken salad' recipe in an Italian cookbook but this is Giada just riffin' on stuff, I guess. Her charm and toothy-purtiness still remains one of her main weapons. I guess I will stick to Marcella Haza & Lydia Bastianich for the real deal and peek into Giada's pages only time to time for inspiration.
I never thought I would say this of any Giada cookbook, but this just didn't do much for me.
Too many nonuseful recipes. Too many recipes with odd/hard to find ingredients.
I love all of her other cookbooks so far though.
Too many nonuseful recipes. Too many recipes with odd/hard to find ingredients.
I love all of her other cookbooks so far though.
I have used one of Giada De Laurentiis' cookbooks in the past, "Everyday Pasta," and found it useful for my cooking forays. This is another nice addition to her portfolio.
Some neat recipes are in this book--Tuscan mushrooms, asparagus and zucchini, asparagus lasagna, lemon risotto (I made my first risotto a month or so ago, and her advice, from my experience, is right on--you must continue stirring as you add broth/stock to the rice), and so on. The cookbook closes out with...more
Some neat recipes are in this book--Tuscan mushrooms, asparagus and zucchini, asparagus lasagna, lemon risotto (I made my first risotto a month or so ago, and her advice, from my experience, is right on--you must continue stirring as you add broth/stock to the rice), and so on. The cookbook closes out with...more
I think this is my favorite of all of her cookbooks so far. Her and Ina, they are the only two from FN that I care for, because their food is mostly just basic stuff upped a notch or two.
Giada does an excellent job of creating clean and fresh dishes with easy to find ingredients. So far so good...
not a bad little cook book. easy recipies that aren't necessarily italian, i'd call them 'california-cuisine', but get that italian twist when she throws in mascarpone in the ingredient list.
Liked the book and recipes. I just wish I could eat all of it and be as thin as Giada.
All of her recipes are wonderful, except for the seafood ones. I don't eat seafood.
My least favorite cookbook of hers. Nothing new or inspirational.
Everything I cook from this book is yummy.
Most recipes seem easy. Excited about making some.
Beautifully photographed cookbook and interesting recipes. I tried a few and had success on 1 and a disaster on the other (her recipe called for too much pasta).
Worth a look if only for the pictures which will inspire you to cook.
Worth a look if only for the pictures which will inspire you to cook.
There weren't too many recipes that looked good to me in this one, but I did try out a few of them (with some modifications), and they turned out very well.
so, giada is coming to sign books at the local b&n, and my friend is a totaly giada nut, so i didn't want to be that freak that showed up at a book signing without a book. then you look like you're just a stalker, and it's not like i'm even that big of a giada fan. i don't trust super thin cooks. it's wrong.....wrong i tell ya.
the section on kids recipes is by far the best.
the section on kids recipes is by far the best.
Very accessible recipes with a lot of photographs of the cook. I liked the chicken with ricotta cheese and salmon with whole-wheat pasta recipes. She also suggests broiling potatoes and zucchini with parmesan, which I'd like to try. She has some fun ideas and I'd look at other books by her.
I've tried many things from this cookbook and everything has turned out delicious. One of my favorite things about these recipes are their versatility. Many of the sauces and ideas can be used with different things added in and they still taste great. It's turning into one of my go-to cookbooks.
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Meh. This time around, it seems as if it's got pancetta or parmagiana reggiano in it then poof! it's Italian. Compared with her first two books, this is rather uninspired and I can't recommend it, even to the die-hard Giada fans.
I'll look it over, if there is something new in it, I will buy, own, and use it! I like her stuff/style. She agrees, peel and seed a tomato when you have time, use canned when you don't. The kitchen police won't come get you!
I just got this book as a gift and made amazing Ricotta Chocoalate Pie. It turned out to be amazing and light. Giada is down to earth and her recipes are easy to follow. My new favorite!
I actually liked this cookbook least of all of Giada's books. It was ok, but not many of the recipes were that appealing to me.
A beautiful cookbook, gift from Maya. Am planning to try some recipes very soon....!
Got this for Christmas. Just perused it -- great recipes; can't wait to make them!
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Giada De Laurentiis is a Los Angeles-based celebrity chef who's published four cookbooks and hosts several shows for Food Network. Born in Rome, Italy, she grew up surrounded by homemade Italian cooking. As a child, she and her family moved to California, where she spent countless hours at her grandfather's restaurant DLL Foodshow. Upon graduating from UCLA with a degree in anthropology, Giada stu...more
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