Giada De Laurentiis

Giada's Kitchen: New Favorites from Everyday Italian (2010)

I didn't find the recipes in this one quite as appealing. It could be the combination of the California experimentation with the Italian meals, or perhaps just that it's a bit more experimental in flavors. Not sure, but I do know I won't ever cook with at least 2/3 of the ingredients she uses in ...

Weeknights with Giada: Quick and Simple Recipes to Revamp Dinner (2012)

This is my favorite cookbook by Giada. I think the recipes are all realistic and good tasting. Really simple good soups-my favorite: Beef and cannellini bean minestrone and shrimp and sausage cioppino. Her toasted ciabatta with shrimp, tarragon and arugula is really really good, it's one of my fa...

Giada's Feel Good Food: My Healthy Recipes and Secrets (2013)

Originally posted on Sarahsbookshelf.com: I go back and forth about how I feel about Giada de Laurentiis. She’s beautiful and she’s a great chef, but I don’t love her books consistently. I find that many of her recipes to be unnecessarily complicated or require weird ingredients. My personal bias...

Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes (2005)

Everyday Pasta (2007)