Book: Giada’s Family Dinner’s by Giada De Laurentiis

Pages and Format: 254/Hardcover

What I Thought: This was another cookbook I checked out from the library, and like Everyday Italian, I didn’t get a chance to make everything I wanted to. 

This one was geared more towards family dinners and entertaining, so the servings were slighter bigger than they were in Everyday Italian.  Like Everyday Italian, there were a lot of fresh herbs and veggies, and were pretty simple. 

The only complaint I had was that a couple of the ingredients were what I considered to be expensive.  Example: Fontina Cheese.  I first looked at the cheese section, and found a little block of it for like, $10, but found a different brand of it in the deli section for around half that price.  I like cheese and all but $10 for a little block of cheese…it’s not my thing.  Overall, though, I did like it, and it’s something that I plan to buy at some point. 

It was easy to follow, organized well, and had some good recipes in it.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 because it’s geared towards groups, and I’m cooking for one.