In her hit Food Network show Everyday Italian, Giada De
Laurentiis shows you how to cook delicious, beautiful food in a
flash. And here, in her long-awaited first book, she does the
same—helps you put a fabulous dinner on the table tonight, for
friends or just for the kids, with a minimum of fuss and a maximum
of flavor. She makes it all look easy, because it is.
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 entrées 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 tiramisù—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 sauté 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.
關於作者:
Giada De Laurentiis is the star of Everyday Italian on
Food Network. She attended the Cordon Bleu in Paris, and then
worked in a variety of Los Angeles restaurants, including Wolfgang
Puck’s Spago, before starting her own catering and private-chef
company, GDL Foods. The granddaughter of movie producer Dino De
Laurentiis, she was born in Rome and grew up in Los Angeles, where
she now lives. This is her first book.