Autographed copy of "Weeknights With Giada" cookbook.

Giada De Laurentiis is one of America's most-loved culinary stars, adored for her Food Network hit shows and her New York Times bestselling cookbooks alike, both of which feature her fresh, flavorful Italian recipes. For the first time, Giada tackles weeknight cooking, sharing her favorite tips and go-to dishes-all in her vibrant signature style-to get a delicious meal on the table in a flash.

Weeknights with Giada delivers soups, sandwiches, pizzas, pastas, and meat and fish dishes that come together quickly as stand-alone main courses-most in half an hour or less. From inventive breakfast-for-dinner dishes and meatless Monday vegetarian recipes-both weekly traditions in Giada's house-to picnic sandwiches and hearty salad recipes for reinventing leftovers, Weeknights with Giada reveals every secret in her repertoire.

Here is Giada at her most inventive-and at her most laid-back. Flavor, freshness, and fun take center stage while cooking times, pots dirtied, and stress are kept to a minimum. With gorgeous color photographs and intimate home snapshots of Giada and her family, Weeknights with Giada is a welcome handbook of fantastic recipes and surefire Monday-to-Friday strategies for every home cook.