A Great Addition to Any Culinary Library

I received this cookbook as a gift and was pleased when I did.I am a huge Everyday Italian fan so I was thrilled to have Giada's recipes in hard copy.I have to say that I was disappointed with the cookbook.Most of the recipes are unappealing or required a long list of ingredients and there were not as many pictures as I would have liked.However, the pictures that are there are wonderfully colorful and give a great close up image of the finished product.Truth be told, the recipes included are very fresh however any recipe that calls for a long list of ingredients and a lot of steps is a huge turn off for me.I expected recipes that were similar to what she demonstrates on her show.I have tried the simplier receipes like tortellini soup which would wonderful!It was so good on a winter day.The other recipes like for pasta sauce were more work than it was worth.Oh well.I would take a look at this book before deciding whether or not this is for you.Cookbook preferences is such an individual thing.Good luck!