If you want to learn the secrets to effortlessly preparing elegant Italian meals out of whatever you have on hand, Giada De Laurentiis is the perfect teacher. As the star of Food Network?s Everyday Italian, Giada?s Weekend Getaways, and Giada in Paradise, she?s taught myriad fans how to cook fabulous meals with minimum fuss. She attended Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and worked at Wolfgang Puck?s Spago restaurant in Los Angeles, but her education on the art of simple, Italian cooking actually began years earlier in Rome, where she grew up surrounded by talented chefs and amazing meals.