Eat This Too
May 25, 2009 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
With his first smash cookbook, Eat This, the nation discovered that cooking is a passion Dom DeLuise and his family take seriously. Now ke’s back with more delicious recipes inspired by a lifetime of good eating. Perfect for the low-fat tastes of the nineties, these are treasures collected from both family and friends, and created in the freshest, healthiest, most mouthwatering traditions.
Discover an array of more than 125 quick, easy dishes that feature intriguing combinations of spices, fresh vegetables, and lean meals for the ultimate in zesty, guilt-free dining. And no Dom DeLuise cookbook would be complete without excursions into the kitchens of his celebrity pals from coast to coast. Dom has shared food with such friends as Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, President and Mrs. Clinton, Shirley MacLaine, Norman Lear, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, Harrison Ford, Burt Reynolds and many others.
Whether he’s sharing his humor, his lasagna, or the best shrimp and squid salad you ever tasted, Dom turns food into a celebration every time. Sprinkled with memories of his Mama (a great cook whose recipes Dom admits to stealing), this Brooklyn boy’s cookbook serves up happy and healthy fare that is really easy to fix and delicious. And it brims with one ingredient no other can match: mucho love!
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars A very good cookbook.
This is a very good cookbook, but I think I like the first one better. “Eat This!” the original, was more practical and is one cookbook I have used more than any other I own. Dom does have quite a habit of hampering his cookbooks with more than a little name-dropping. (i.e. You hear of all the stars who have eaten his food, but you rarely find out what they liked about it.) But the two “Eat This!” books are well worth the money.
Everyday Italian 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
May 24, 2009 by Pasta Recipes · Leave a Comment
Everyday Italian 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
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 same—helps 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-watering—perfect 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 you’re in the mood for—whether a simply sauced pasta or a hearty family-friendly roast, these great recipes cover every contingency. So, for example, you’ll find dishes that you can make solely from pantry ingredients, or those that transform lowly leftovers into exquisite entrées (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 tiramisù—plus 100 other recipes that turn everyday ingredients into speedy but special dinners.
What’s more, Everyday Italian is organized according to what type of food you want tonight—whether a soul-warming stew for Sunday supper, a quick sauté 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 vegetables—whatever you’re in the mood for, you’ll be able to find a simple, delicious recipe for it here. That’s the beauty of Italian home cooking, and that’s what Giada De Laurentiis offers here—the essential recipes to make a great Italian dinner. Tonight.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars So many photos….. and most of Giada….. where is the food?
When I buy a cookbook, I buy it for the recipes. I prefer cookbooks that picture what the dishes should look like. This cookbook has lots of photos, most of them of Giada. I watch and love the show, I know what Giada looks like, I don’t need to see her over and over again in more than half of photos in this book. Another large percent of photos are of common items like lemons or silverware. I know what those things look like, too. This caused me enough irritation that, had I seen the book in a bookstore and quickly thumbed through it, I would NOT have bought it. That is not to say that there aren’t good recipes in the book, because there are. I think the editor or whoever is out of touch with what people want out of a cookbook…. isn’t it all about the food???
