Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes: A Cookbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781400052585)

In the Food Network star's first book, Giada De Laurentiis helps you put a fabulous Italian dinner on the table tonight, for friends or just for the kids, with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of flavor.

Everyday Italian is true to its title: the fresh, simple recipes are incredibly quick and accessible, and also utterly mouth-watering--perfect for everyday cooking. And the book is focused on the real-life considerations of what you actually have in your refrigerator and pantry (no mail-order ingredients here) and what you're in the mood for--whether a simply sauced pasta or a hearty family-friendly roast, these great recipes cover every contingency. So, for example, you'll find dishes that you can make solely from pantry ingredients, or those that transform lowly leftovers into exquisite entr es (including brilliant ideas for leftover pasta), and those that satisfy your yearning to have something sweet baking in the oven. There are 7 ways to make red sauce more interesting, 6 different preparations of the classic cutlet, 5 perfect pestos, 4 creative uses for prosciutto, 3 variations on basic polenta, 2 great steaks, and 1 sublime chocolate tiramis --plus 100 other recipes that turn everyday ingredients into speedy but special dinners.

What's more, Everyday Italian is organized according to what type of food you want tonight--whether a soul-warming stew for Sunday supper, a quick saut for a weeknight, or a baked pasta for potluck. These categories will help you figure out what to cook in an instant, with such choices as fresh-from-the-pantry appetizers, sauceless pastas, everyday roasts, and stuffed vegetables--whatever you're in the mood for, you'll be able to find a simple, delicious recipe for it here. That's the beauty of Italian home cooking, and that's what Giada De Laurentiis offers here--the essential recipes to make a great Italian dinner. Tonight.

Author: Giada de Laurentiis
ISBN-10: 1400052580
ISBN-13: 9781400052585
Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2005
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.08lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.80w x 0.80d
Award: Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (USA Only) - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 03/01/2005 pg. 47
Publishers Weekly 01/31/2005 pg. 64
Library Journal 02/15/2005 pg. 152