Giada at Home: Family Recipes from Italy and California: A Cookbook

Great book!

I received this a Christmas gift. Since then, my hubby and I have cooked several of the recipes in here. They have all been fantastic. I'm always pleased with how healthy AND tasty Giada's recipes are, and this cookbook doesn't disappoint. The pictures in the cookbook are great - I always like to see what the dish will look like in the end. This book is packed with excellent recipes that are full of flavor, fairly easy to cook and almost always healthy. The only downside to this cookbook is that some of the dishes call for a large number of recipes, which is always daunting for people that don't cook as often. Also, she tends to call for some ingredients that are more expensive or harder to find - but only in a few recipes. Overall, this is a great cookbook!

Lovely and written well.

She is one of my favorite chefs. I didn't like this book as much as her others, but there's always good stuff in there. And she makes it simple, with ingredients I can find. Here in my area there are no fishmongers nor spice shops, so I'm glad to see cookbooks like hers.

I've slowly become a fan of Giada and of her shows on the Food Network. When I heard a book was forthcoming based on her "Giada at Home" series, a show that I've used to draw many meals from, I immediately pre-ordered. First of all, I think she's evolved marvelously as a cook as this book demonstrates. While she does incorporate more of her California influenced cuisine, there are also plenty of classic Italian recipes which she clearly marks to distinguish one from the other. Several of the recipes have been used on multiple occasions in my household(Pea Pesto Crostini, Pasta Ponza, Caponata Panini) and one has become of my favorite go-to dishes (Spaghetti with Olives and Breadcrumbs). Also, while some ingredients aren't easy to find outside big cities, Italian food is very flexible - a point which Giada often makes on her show, pointing out acceptable substitutions to certain ingredients. This is a welcome addition to the Italian food loving home cook who likes good, unfussy food with plenty of taste.

I’ve the details of the photos!

Love this! I have made about 6 of the recipes and they have all turned out fantastic and I couldn't believe how easy they were. My favorite so far is the Eggplant and White Bean Crostini's. I know they don't sound that great but they were! And they were really healthy. I am actually going to make them for our appetizer party at my sister's. I am very happy with how this cookbook is overall very healthy. It has also got me into new ingredients that I don't normally cook with like fennel bulb and pancetta. It is just me and my husband so I am also very happy with how everything I have made has been good enough to eat as leftovers the next day. I highly recommend :) I'm making the chicken burgers tomorrow!

I bought this book naively thinking that all of the recipes from the series would be in the book but they are not. I bought it from Amazon so I could not look at the table of contents before I purchased it. Several of the recipes I really wanted were not included. I will have to print those recipes from Food Network's site. So that was really disappointing. Maybe some of those recipes are in her other cookbooks - I'll have to go to a bookstore to check the table of contents. So my advice is if you want certain recipes and plan to buy this book online, check out the book at a store before purchasing it.

She is definitely a great cook.

テレビで観はじめてジャーダと番組のファンになり買いました。 掲載されているレシピはフードネットワークというアメリカの番組サイトで無料で全て公開されてるのでただレシピが知りたいだけならそのサイトをみれば済みのですが、私はジャーダが大好きなので本もほしかったから買って良かったです。

Jai tous les autres livres de cet auteur ! C'est le complément idéal à ma collection, biensur il est en anglais.

Not only is this book a joy to read, the photographs are beautiful and really make your mouth water! But the few recipes I've tried have been simple and extremely flavourful and delicious. The Turkey, feta and sun-dried tomato meatloaf is incredibly quick and easy to prepare and has fast become a firm family favourite. It's even good cold the following day! I also love the olive and sundried tomato vegetables again super easy to make and so delicious both as a warm vegetable side-dish and a cold salad. The Goats cheese and griddled vegetable sandwiches are also a great combination. I'm planning on working my way through this beautiful book and testing all the fabulous recipes.

パパッと作れて見栄えもするので、普段にホームパーティーにと大活躍しています！ 使ってみたかった調味料や食材を試してみるきっかけにもなりました。