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Hudson Valley Mediterranean: The Gigi Good Food Cookbook

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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.

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.

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!

What a wonderful cookbook! So far everything I've tried has been delicious. I appreciate that this author favors buying local food and her recipes are healthy and delicious. I can't wait to try more of her recipes.

It's so hard to find a good cookbook online. This book has very few pictures. If you are someone who enjoys seeing what they are about to make, this is not the book for you.

I am embarking on a program to bring health back into my life and this lovely conversational book tells me I can do it!!! Recipes work and back stories inspire!!They give me hope!!