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Product Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Giada De Laurentiis lavishly explores her food roots and the lifestyle traditions that define la bella vita, with the contemporary California twist that has made her America’s most beloved Italian chef. For Giada, a good meal is more than just delicious food—it’s taking pleasure in cooking for those you love, and slowing down to embrace every moment spent at the table. In Giada’s Italy, she returns to her native Rome to reconnect with the flavors that have inspired the way she cooks and shares what it means to live la dolce vita. Here she shares recipes for authentic Italian dishes as her family has prepared them for years, updated with her signature flavors. Her Bruschetta with Burrata and Kale Salsa Verde is a perfect light dinner or lunch, and Grilled Swordfish with Candied Lemon Salad can be prepared in minutes for a quick weeknight meal. Sartu di Riso is a showstopping entrée best made with help from the family, and because no meal is complete without something sweet, Giada’s Italian-inflected desserts like Pound Cake with Limoncello Zabaglione and Chianti Affogato will keep everyone at the table just a little bit longer. Filled with stunning photography taken in and around Rome, intimate family shots and stories, and more recipes than ever before, Giada’s Italy will make you fall in love with Italian cooking all over again. Review New York Times Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller The Absolute Best Cookbooks of 2018—Country LivingAll the Best Cookbooks to Gift in 2018—FoodNetworkTop 10 in Cooking & Food Spring 2018—Publishers WeeklySpring Cookbook Roundup 2018—Tasting Table New Cookbooks to Buy This Spring 2018—Epicurious Best New Cookbooks Spring 2018—Eater"Giada De Laurentiis' newest cookbook filled with Italian food adventures is giving us a major case of menu envy. The pages of Giada's Italy are bursting with snapshots of the luminous chef in Rome making, plating, and chowing down on her favorite authentic dishes. Covering starters, lunch, in-betweens, easy weeknight feats, sides, and sweets, De Laurentiis' recipes are fresh and vibrant spring to summer dining goals."—Refinery 29 About the Author GIADA DE LAURENTIIS is the Emmy Award-winning star of Food Network's Everyday Italian, Giada at Home, Giada's Holiday Handbook, and Giada in Italy; she is also a judge on Food Network Star, a contributing correspondent for NBC's Today show, and the author of seven New York Times bestselling books. She recently published the eighth in her series of books for young readers, Recipe for Adventure. She has a namesake restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip with a second location planned for 2018. Born in Rome, Giada grew up in Los Angeles, where she now lives with her daughter, Jade. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. IntroductionFor years I’ve defined the kind of cooking I do as Italian…with a California twist. So many of the dishes I love best reflect an appreciation of classic Italian home cooking instilled in me from a young age by my grandfather Dino. Today, I am still inspired by many of these dishes, and it’s fun to reinterpret them for my daughter, Jade, as well as for my restaurant and television shows. My versions may be a bit lighter or a little healthier, in keeping with the way most of us want to eat today, but at their cores, these dishes are authentically Italian in spirit.For the past two years I’ve had the incredible good fortune to be able to shoot my show Giada in Italy on location, first in the beautiful coastal community of Positano and then in Florence, a cosmopolitan city in the heart of Tuscany. Spending extended periods in my home country for the first time since I was a little girl was like recharging some essential batteries I hadn’t even realized were run down. And while the food was comfortingly familiar, the culture was strikingly different from my day-to-day life at home in the States. Seeing the p
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- With photos shot on location around her native Rome, Giada's latest book is a lavish exploration of her food roots and the lifestyle traditions that define la bella vita, with the contemporary California twist that has made her America's most beloved Italian chef.
- America knows and loves Giada De Laurentiis for her lighter, healthier takes on classic Italian fare. In her newest cookbook, she invites fans and home cooks to get to know the flavors and stories that have inspired her life's work.
- Here, she shares recipes for authentic Italian dishes as her family has prepared them for years while infusing them with her signature fresh flavors to make them her own, like in her Grilled Swordfish with Candied Lemon Salad; Spaghetti with Chianti and Fava Beans; Asparagus with Grilled Melon Salad; Bruschetta with Burrata and Kale Salsa Verde; and Fennel Upside Down Cake.