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Laura Pensiero is the creator of Gigi Hudson Valley, a broad-based company that celebrates local New York farmers and their products through her restaurant, the influential Gigi Trattoria in Rhinebeck, New York; her cafÉ and store, Gigi Market in nearby Red Hook featuring Hudson Valley products; and her line of Gigi-branded products. A registered dietician, Pensiero has worked with some of the best health-care institutions in the world, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center. She is also a partner in and chef for Just Salad, developing menus and recipes for a rapidly expanding chain of healthful fast-food eateries with locations in New York City and Hong Kong. Named one of five "amazingly gifted and giving food professionals" by O, The Oprah Magazine, Pensiero is the coauthor of The Strang Cancer Prevention Center Cookbook and has developed recipes for The Da Fiore Cookbook, among others. She has written for many magazines, including O, The Oprah Magazine, Prevention, and Today's Diet and Nutrition, and has contributed recipes to Real Simple, More, and Fitness. Her work has also been featured in Cooking Light and Chef Magazine. She is also a board member and educator for Healthy Children Healthy Futures, a national after-school child health program. Pensiero lives in Red Hook, New York.
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This review is from: Hudson Valley Mediterranean: The Gigi Good Food Cookbook (Hardcover)
We stayed in Hudson Valley and stopped at Gigi's Marketplace and then at the restaurant. Since then we've cooked three recipes (so far!) that have been amazing!
Th pea soup is wonderful and we were thrown back to our vacation in Tuscany when we had the gnocchi with ragu. It was BEYOND exceptional. Simple, beautiful flavors with wonderful ingredients. This is how we all should cook. Your family will love it. Its also conveniently organized by season so you can buy the freshest ingredients and make these dishes during each season which is nothing short of genius.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent addition to your cookbook shelf,
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As the owner of an extremely popular Italian restaurant in New York's Hudson Valley and a registered dietitian, Laura Pensiero's emphasis on healthy, delicious food really shines in this book. Her recipes are very clear and easy to follow and taste almost as good as the food at Gigi's restaurant. The book is organized by season and emphasizes using food from local farmer's markets wherever possible, for the freshest taste.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Entertaining Read & Good Eats!,
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This review is from: Hudson Valley Mediterranean: The Gigi Good Food Cookbook (Hardcover)
I received this cookbook as a Christmas gift from my daughter and haven't put it down since. I've read it cover to cover and am anxiously looking forward to having some time to actually try some of the recipes. The recipes are separated out by season (if you are a member of a CSA, you'll really appreciate this!) and she gives plenty of suggestions for changing up the recipe. Additionally, the author gives you nutritional information (not calories and fat but what's good (or not so in some cases) and cost ranges, helpful to a family looking to eat healthy AND affordably. The constant emphasis on LOCAL LOCAL LOCAL may annoy you if you don't have access to locally grown produce or a farmer's market and some of the ingredients are more high brow than some areas of the country might expect in their local markets. Having said that, I still thoroughly enjoyed simply reading the cookbook!
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