Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen: Cookin' for Trouble: A Cookbook

by Nadia G, Guy Fieri (Foreword by)

Overview

HAUTE OUT OF THE OVEN—BITCHIN’ KITCHEN’S NADIA G IS COOKIN’ FOR TROUBLE!
 
Culinary It-girl Nadia G is just as skilled strutting in stilettos as she is wielding a meat cleaver. Now this Julia Child of the Net generation and host of the wildly popular Bitchin’ Kitchen TV show on the Cooking Channel brings her savvy chef know-how and rock star ’tude to glam up your dining experience. Trained at the culinary institute of Hard Wooden Spoon Whacks, Nadia says that her passion for food started in her Italian family’s kitchen, where meals became moments. In Cookin’ for Trouble, she shares recipes and cooking tips for beginner and seasoned home cooks to liven any occasion.
 
• Back-of-the-Fridge Bachelor Brunches: Sometimes what lurks in the back of our fridge isn’t that inspiring, unless it’s been there long enough to strike up a conversation. No groceries, no problem! With just a few leftovers, whip up a scrumptious Sartu di Patate, or a Pasta Frittata that tastes like you’d planned it for days.
 
• (Dysfunctional) Family Pizza Night: Bring your family and thighs closer together with the Giosia familia recipe for Rustica Pan Pizza, Puttanesca Panzerotti, and Traditional Italian Frittelle smothered in a creamy chocolate-nougat fondue.
 
• Makeover Meals: We all get stuck in a rut sometimes, whether it’s the same boring dish, hairstyle, or boyfriend. It’s time for an upgrade! Turn ordinary dishes on their head with inspired crispy Tuna Sliders, smoky Chicken Risotto, and juicy Meatloaf Kebabs.
 
• Plus Nadia’s creative menus for Hi-Speed Suppers, Girl’s Night In, Veg-Head Specials, Student Shkoff-fest, and a special chapter devoted to everyone’s favorite food group: Bacon!
 
I know—we had you at “Bacon.” But there’s more! Loaded with gorgeous photos, more than fifty original recipes, sanity-saving “Nadvice,” a Bitchin’ Party Guide, and a hunky team of food correspondents—Panos, the Spice Agent, and Hans—Cookin’ for Trouble will take your meals from square to sassy faster than you can say “Tsaketa.”*
 
*and for newbies, there’s an Italian Slang Dictionary!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780345531834
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/25/2011
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	54 MB
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About the Author

Nadia Giosia is the creater, writer, and host of Bitchin’ Kitchen—a hit comedy-cooking show on the Cooking Channel and Food Network Canada. A pioneer of digital entertainment, she is the first woman to go from net to network in the lifestyle space. She lives in Montreal with no stinkin’ pets or spawn.

Read an Excerpt

Adriana Barrows returns in this second of three books about this talented young woman and her narrator/lover. First the reader will accompany her on a mission to identify illicit narcotics trafficking routes through southwest Asia and into the hands of US servicemen and woman stationed in the Middle East following the first Gulf War. But Adriana's mission ends badly and she is seriously injured. She returns to the Maine to recover from her injuries and although her physical injuries will heal, the emotional costs for her will be high. At first reluctantly, she agrees to allow the narrator to help her in the healing process. The narrator believes from his own past experience with visible and invisible war wounds that he can find the way to help Adriana step away from the black pit of depression that beckons invitingly to her. He will learn the hard way that even the willing caregiver will encounter many rough trails when helping the seriously wounded recover from physical as well as post traumatic wounds.

Unexpectedly while attending a community Christmas charity ball, Adriana encounters illegal drug sales and intercepts the sale. Mastering this new "mission" using knowledge and skills from previous training energizes her and marks a turning point in her recovery.

She expects to be recalled by the intelligence agency which has employed her all her life, and soon that recall arrives. But she is not ready to return to field duty, and she returns to Maine, suspecting that she may be retired as mentally and physically unable to perform normal mission requirements. She and the narrator turn their attention to building their lives together. They are surprised when they are attacked by an assassin at a granite quarry while searching for a piece of granite to have moved to the front door of the house they live in by the shore. Only the narrator's military experience and training and Adriana's training along with her insistence on carrying her weapons saves them.

Like most Americans and many people throughout the world, Adriana and the Narrator will watch in amazement as the World Trade Centers fall on September 11, 2011. Not long afterward, Adriana is surprised when the identity of the airline hijackers is revealed, and shortly afterward, she is once again recalled to service. She knows then that a decision has been made that she will be used since as she says, "they have decided who is to be punished for the World Trade Center."

Once again, the narrator takes Adriana to the airport to fly off to places and dangers unknown. This time she promises to return as soon as possible. After she leaves, a letter arrives with information that a friend thinks she saw Adriana's ex-husband, the Venezuelan drug cartel leader, in Southwest Harbor only a few miles from where she has been living with the narrator. She believes her ex-husband is dead, and she and the narrator believe the resemblance to be accidental. They both agree that the man seen was probably a summer visitor and is unlikely to ever be seen in Maine again. When Adriana last saw her husband he was trying to kill both her and the narrator in a shoot-out following a concert in Portland (Book I). Adriana was able to hit him in the hand with a bullet. The man spied in Southwest Harbor appeared much like Adriana's ex-husband would have appeared and had only part of his left hand. As Book II ends, the reader will wonder as surely will Adriana and the narrator, how many Hispanic-appearing men with only part of their left hand could appear near by?

Editorial Reviews

It was Nadia G's three-inch cherry stiletto that first snagged our attention, but it was her Bitchin' Kitchen wizardry that earned her YouTube and then Cooking Channel stardom. Like its predecessor Bitchin' Kitchen Cookbook, Cookin' for Trouble delivers appetizing, healthy recipes without sacrificing Nadia's signature blend of rock n' roll, comedy, and attitude. Canadian-born Nadia obviously realizes that most of her audience members aren't aspiring to Michelin three star greatness; they are busy people more interested in breaking the boredom of all too predictable home meals. Thus, many of her imaginative goodies are quickly prepared and others, like her Rustica Pan Pizza, are perfect for informal gatherings of hungry friends and family.