Last Tuesday, I went to The Grove near Beverly Hills to attend a discussion and book signing by Giada De Laurentiis...the food connoisseur who writes, owns a few restaurants and also hosted her own TV show, Giada at Home, on the Food Network. Laurentiis was so nice and outgoing in person! During a discussion of her newest publication Giada's Italy, she also answered questions by attendees about such things as to whether her young daughter Jade wanted to be a chef like her [she doesn't, but Jade enjoys cooking and likes holding a knife in her hand to chop things (it was a lot funnier when her mom explained it)], and why Giada doesn't write cocktail books (they don't sell as well as regular cookbooks do). Laurentiis also answered a fan's question about what was the best place to visit in Italy (I forgot what she said), and that the best Italian restaurant to dine at in New York City is Antica Pesa. Very cool.
There are so many enticing recipes in Giada's Italy. Crab arancini. Pappa al pomodoro. Positano pizzas. Creamy sweet corn with pancetta. Lots of dishes in Laurentiis' book that I wanna grub on. Of course, I'd have to be careful with the ones whose ingredients may be high in oxalate (this is Italian food, so that's gonna be challenging)— Lousy kidney stone issue. Anyways, this is my Blog entry to end the month of April on... Happy Monday!
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