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• De Laurentiis, Giada

Since the publication of her first bestselling cookbook, Everyday Italian, Giada De Laurentiis has reinvented the way we look at Italian food, exploring every facet from traditional to contemporary, and creating dishes that are as approachable as they are delicious. Now, in Giada's Kitchen, the Food Network star serves up her most satisfying banquet of flavors yet, using vibrant, simple ingredients to add fresh twists to old favorites.

Each new recipe is both exciting and full-flavored--hearty but not overwhelming--and because we feast first with our eyes, Giada's dishes are as bursting with color as they are with flavor. Roasted Halibut sits atop a bright Grapefruit and Fennel Salsa, creamy Gorgonzola and Herbs bubble over Bake Artichokes, and mini Orange Zeppoles are drizzled with a smooth Chocolate Sauce.

In response to countless requests from parents for kid-friendly recipes, Giada also includes an entire chapter devoted to kids, with easier recipes full of the flavors they just can't resist, so everyone can get involved in the kitchen.

Drawn from Giada's Italian roots and the places and people whose food continues to inspire her today, Giada's Kitchen is packed with recipes that are easy to make, memorably delicious, and sure to become new everyday favorites.

Giada De Laurentiis is the star of Food Network’s Everyday Italian and Giada's Weekend Getaways. She attended the Cordon Bleu in Paris, and then worked in a variety of Los Angeles restaurants, including Wolfgang Puck’s Spago, before starting her own catering and private-chef company, GDL Foods. The granddaughter of movie producer Dino De Laurentiis, Giada was born in Rome and grew up in Los Angeles, where she now lives.