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.
Clarkson Potter
February 2005
256 pages ISBN: 1400052580 Hardcover Add to Wish List
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 sameโhelps 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-wateringโperfect 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 youโre in the mood forโ whether a simply sauced pasta or a hearty family-friendly roast, these great recipes cover every contingency. So, for example, youโll find dishes that you can make solely from pantry ingredients, or those that transform lowly leftovers into exquisite entrรฉes (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 tiramisรนโ plus 100 other recipes that turn everyday ingredients into speedy but special dinners.
Whatโs more, Everyday Italian is organized according to what type of food you want tonightโwhether a soul-warming stew for Sunday supper, a quick sautรฉ 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 vegetablesโwhatever youโre in the mood for, youโll be able to find a simple, delicious recipe for it here. Thatโs the beauty of Italian home cooking, and thatโs what Giada De Laurentiis offers hereโ the essential recipes to make a great Italian dinner. Tonight.
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