This past Christmas I received this cookbook from my husband. Everyday Italian and Giada at Home are my favorite Food Network shows to watch. I love Italian cooking and after trying several of her recipes I have found that they are easy meals to prepare and in our family they are always a hit. Steve and I both dream of one day visiting Italy. So whenever we have Italian dishes at home, I think we both pretend we are sitting along the Tuscan countryside, sipping cappuccinos and eating Italian pastries for breakfast, or sitting on the steps of the Trevi Fountain in Rome having a piece of pizza and some gelato.
This is the only cookbook I have by Giada (yes, I am on a first name basis with her). Check my recipe book though and you will find many recipes that I have printed off from dishes she has prepared on her show. I honestly haven't found one that I haven't liked yet. Last night I prepared this dish that was deliziosa! It's called Orecchitte with Mini Chicken Meatballs and you can link to the recipe here.
Have a great weekend and I will see you bright and early Monday morning for the 5:16AM club.
I would like to request a seat next to you on that trip to Italy. It's the only place in the world, honestly, that I truly desire to visit -- Tuscany, Venice, Rome. All of it. Ah, someday.
ReplyDeleteSince we don't have cable, I have only seen her once when I was at Disney...soaking in every minute of yes, TV, that I could....this book sounds fabulous.
ReplyDeleteshe is the best! and those meatballs sound so yummy! happy weekend, friend!
ReplyDeleteummm, you have a club that i am not invited to????
ReplyDeletei love her shows. she is just so great to watch, always at ease. and everything she makes looks so yummy! i really need to invest in one of her books. have a good weekend!
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She is so cute. I love her show. I need to try one of her receipes!
ReplyDeleteI love Giada, too, and just can't figure out how she stays so thin and eats such yummy food! ha!!
ReplyDeleteYum, Italian food is my favorite by far! This really does look delicious!
ReplyDeleteI love her and her recipes are pretty easy to prepare. I'll have to look for this book.
ReplyDelete(She must not eat anything other than what she tastes on her show cause she is beautiful & thin to boot.)
What a great gift! The book sounds great. I enjoy watching her show when I have a chance. We love Italian food..had it tonight in fact. Going to Italy has always been somewhere we've wanted to visit too...maybe someday!
ReplyDeleteOh, yum. I'm right there in Tuscany with you, friend! Sigh. Sounds dreamy! I'll have to give this recipe a try. Maybe it will help my imagination.
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love Italian cooking would like to try a new recipe - thank you for sharing it! My husband and I also dream of going to Italy, although on a motorcycle tour through the country side! :)
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