Anna Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 (edited) I want to purchase 1 of Giada De Laurentiis' cookbooks and I'm trying to decide between 3 of them: -Everyday Pasta -Giada's Family Dinners -Everyday Italian Anyone familiar with her books? If you only purchased 1 or 2 of the 3, which would they be? Edited May 31, 2009 by Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denainms Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I have all 3, and I refer to her first book the most! I have made alot of her pasta recipes all with great success, but no matter which one you buy, you can't go wrong :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 That's what I'm wanting to find out. Which I should buy first and for what reasons. What are your reasons for liking her first book the most? I have all 3, and I refer to her first book the most! I have made alot of her pasta recipes all with great success... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denainms Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I guess it's just the recipes are simple, easy to make..it has alot of sauces for pasta and things like that you can use on all different types of pasta..like a bolonase(sp?) and a spicy spaghetti sauce, a lemon pasta sauce, a simple marinara sauce that kind of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I am just too jaded but these free recipes from Lidia Bastianich are amazing. I look at her and know this babe can throw down some serious feasts. Giada is young enough to be my daughter and looks as if she has a staff of 10 for grooming alone. Sorry but I grew up in the grotto/ plastic Virgin Mary in the backyard neighborhood and the Nana's there would scratch their heads over the pretense and the horrific accent, born in Rome she has lived the entire rest of her life in Southern California . Whatever. http://www.lidiasitaly.com/appetizers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 Oh, come on Elizabeth :laugh: ... don't hold it against Giada because the girl's skinny but thanks for posting the link for Lidia's site. I also like recipes from Mary Ann Esposito, another older Italian lady. But I can enjoy Giada's recipes too.:D Sorry but I grew up in the grotto/ plastic Virgin Mary in the backyard neighborhood So did I, so did I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 So recipes in her first book are more simple and easier to make than the ones in her other books? Is that what you're saying? I guess it's just the recipes are simple, easy to make..it has alot of sauces for pasta and things like that you can use on all different types of pasta..like a bolonase(sp?) and a spicy spaghetti sauce, a lemon pasta sauce, a simple marinara sauce that kind of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Oh, come on Elizabeth :laugh: ... don't hold it against Giada because the girl's skinny but thanks for posting the link for Lidia's site. I also like recipes from Mary Ann Esposito, another older Italian lady. But I can enjoy Giada's recipes too.:D So did I, so did I. I am delighted to hear that!!You know there is a dear lady in my mom's neighborhood who attends our church and has a son that is a priest. She has an amazing grotto under a willow tree that she keeps lit with clear sparkly lights all year long. Several saints surround the lower trunk and the Virgin Mary is in the center with miniature roses growing on a little white metal trellis. It is just a very lovely thing to see her sitting on her porch in the evening with her grandchildren with no lights on except those . I miss that. This weekend is the Santa Lucia Festival in Omaha right across the bridge from our little town in Iowa. We go every year and here she is http://www.niaf.org/milestones/images/1888/1888_d.jpg My grandmother was Bohemian and married a man from Lebanon . She was a saint. My maternal grandmother was Polish and married an Italian ,now she was....a character. Loving but she could scare the devil himself. They lived two blocks apart in Little italy in Omaha. As I recall you are Orthodox. It stands out in my mind as we used to attend a Syrian Orthodox church when we visited the relatives and I lived across the street from a beautiful one when attending college. http://www.stjohnsgreekorthodox.org/ It was a privilege to see this beautiful church every day on the way to school and lucky me, they used to have a lovely dinner there yearly . I think it is now subsumed into a Greek festival with the other newer and fancier church out west. This one used to be a synagogue until the Jewish families moved out to midtown . That concludes a brief visit of Omaha and Little Italy , if you are ever able the inside of St John's is breathtaking and our church Our Lady of Lourdes is likewise traditional , gothic and one of my favorite places to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted May 31, 2009 Author Share Posted May 31, 2009 That concludes a brief visit of Omaha and Little Italy... elizabeth, Thank you for your brief tour of Omaha and Little Italy:). And now I have a brief story to share from my home town. I don't believe in this so don't everyone jump all over my case. I'm just the messenger of the story, OK? It was a common belief where I grew up that if a person was trying to sell his house, he would bury a statue of St. Joseph upside down in his front yard. It was believed that the upside down statue would quicken the sale of the house. Then, after the house sold, they'd dig up old St. Joseph!:) You can read more about that practice at these sites: http://www.snopes.com/luck/stjoseph.asp http://www.fisheaters.com/stjoestatue.html http://www.luckymojo.com/saintjoseph.html http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/stj01002.htm http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1753/should-you-bury-a-statue-of-st-joseph-to-help-sell-your-house Sorry for that side trip. Any more comments regarding Giada's cookbooks. (Please read my previous posts in this thread for explanations.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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