This was my pick for this month's Cookbook Book Club at my library. One of the things the group enjoyed about this book was that Giada didn't call for any unusual or expensive ingredients. We only ended up with 2 desserts from the 13 participants. We had a LOT of vegetable based dishes which was fine with me. I made a bean dip from cannellini beans which was yummy and I'm sure I will use again. My husband did sauteed broccoli rabe with pine nuts and raisins, also a tasty dish. Our only other complaint was that there aren't that many photos in the book and some of the directions weren't entirely clear.

This is definitely a good choice for a cookbook club because there are a lot of recipes that can easily be made ahead of time. Oh, one of the most unexpected tasty recipes was Giada's spin on mashed potatoes! Yum.

Don't knos why this appears permantly on my Hoodreads. I've never looked atit, never bought, don't want to buy it. Can't remember.

I was disappointed at how meat-centric the recipes were. As a vegetarian, I find Italian food tends to be one of the easiest types to make vegetarian, but these recipes were overall difficult to adapt. Although there were two vegetarian recipes, she took a bit of a condescending tone to vegetarians in them. I did find a promising marinara recipe, as well as a vodka sauce recipe to try though. Haven't cooked/tasted them yet though.

The dishes in this book are beautiful and probably delicious, but some are a bit too involved for the average home cook.

Awesome Cookbook. Loved The Tons Of Recipes.

I love Italian food and I expect a bit more ... very very simple recipes!!!!!

I did really enjoy the recipes in this book, I just wish I could have seen pictures of each completed dish. The 5 food-related pictures sprinkled throughout the book were lovely, I just didn't need to see 53 pictures of Giada. In black and white. Stirring something. Chopping something. Tasting something. Smiling about something. And always, ALWAYS, in the same short sleeved vee neck tee. Ugh! Giada, we all know you're quite the dish, but we don't want to see you in a cookbook!

Just love Giada. Are at her resturant in las Vegas one meal I will never forget to q

Mostly easy recipes that are doable after work or when short on time. Luscious photos for most recipes. Nice book.

very flavourful, simple ingredients and easy to follow recipes... my favourites include: farfalle with turkey sausage, peas and mushrooms, orecchiette with spicy sausage and broccoli rabe, penne a la carbonara, veal marsala, stuffed mushrooms, verdure al forno and peas and prosciutto.

I really love some of Giada's other cookbooks, and certainly love her recipes, but this cookbook was just alright. I could do without so many black & white pictures of Giada throughout the cookbook, and add more color photographs of the recipes. The forward is just cringe.

I like this cookbook alot. Several of the recipes in this book are simplified versions of traditional Italian ones, which are quicker and don't sacrifice flavor. Don't get me wrong, I love to cook a good meal that will take hours to prepare, but when I get home for work around 5:30pm I want to be eating by 6:30pm at the latest, not 9pm.