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Giada in Italy

Giada in Italy

Giada De Laurentiis has made her Italian heritage a major part of her culinary point of view throughout her career. In this series, she returns to the land of her birth for an extended stay, spending time with friends and family and revisiting flavors that have inspired her life's work. She hopes the ingredients and beauty of Italy help give her inspiration for her recipes. Whether she's going through her grandmother's old recipe book with her aunt or cooking for her uncle's soccer team, her family heritage is the focus of Giada's dishes throughout her stay in Italy.
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Season 112 of 13 Episodes

  • Giada De Laurentiis arrives in Italy; grilled treviso with citrus bagna cauda; a pan-seared branzino with tomato and capers; fresh citrus with gelato and almond cookies.

  • Giada hosts a cocktail party on her villa deck for neighbors and friends, serving an assortment of Italian cocktails along with small bites including vegan artichoke arancini and smoked whitefish crostini.

  • A portable poolside menu features sweet and tangy orzo salad, grilled chicken and broccoli pesto panini, and double-chocolate brownies.

  • Giada De Laurentiis and her Aunt Raffy visit the Southern Italian town of Torre Annunziata; linguine with anchovy and walnuts, and fusilli with fresh pomodoro.

  • Giada De Laurentiis heads to a local Italian eatery and creates a daily special consisting of pan-roasted asparagus with a crispy fried egg, roasted chicken cacciatore and Sin City cookies.

  • Fresh Neapolitan-style pizza dough is used to assemble a broccoli and sausage pizza and a smoked Scamorza, spinach and pancetta pizza.

  • The abundance of seafood and citrus found in Sorrento, Italy inspires dishes including grilled swordfish with candied lemon salad, and shrimp and grapefruit skewers.

  • Giada De Laurentiis recreates some of her favorite childhood dishes including basic parmesan pomodoro, pizza bianca and chocolate ricotta toast.

  • A portable menu consisting of prosciutto cotto pinwheels, marinated salumi sandwiches, and tomato avocado and escarole salad.

  • Roasted beets with cherries and pistachios; mushroom and pea farrotto; lamb osso buco.

  • Giada prepares a pound cake at her favorite bakery and later pairs it with limoncello zabaglione; a chocolate pistachio fudge tart.

  • Giada De Laurentiis hosts a wine and appetizer party featuring a menu of savory crostata, potato crisps with goat cheese and olives, and parmesan and prosciutto-spiced plums.
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Giada De Laurentiis has made her Italian heritage a major part of her culinary point of view throughout her career. In this series, she returns to the land of her birth for an extended stay, spending time with friends and family and revisiting flavors that have inspired her life's work. She hopes the ingredients and beauty of Italy help give her inspiration for her recipes. Whether she's going through her grandmother's old recipe book with her aunt or cooking for her uncle's soccer team, her family heritage is the focus of Giada's dishes throughout her stay in Italy.

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