Season 2
13 episodes
21 min. per episode
Where to watch
This title is not available anywhere yet. Click the button below to promote it and highlight it.
A celebrity chef navigates family secrets and culinary passions in her Italian hometown, igniting love and self-discovery.
Episodes
In the Season 2 premiere, Giada De Laurentiis arrives in Florence, Italy, and heads straight to the local market. Later, she prepares a Tuscan-style lunch to share with friends, who are visiting from the U.S. The menu includes her spin on steak Florentine; "greens and beans" salad; garlic bread; a classic dessert and a local Chianti.
Giada reminisces about her grandmother and her love of rice, while pulling some twists of northern Italian favorites, including bitter rice, white chocolate orzo pudding, and artichoke-and-fennel crudo.
Giada pays tribute to her brother, who passed away from cancer, by creating a meal inspired by some of his favorite dishes. Included: cheesy mashed potatoes; charred broccoli rabe; pork chops with balsamic glaze.
Giada and her aunt Raffy travel by train to visit her great-aunt in Milan, Italy, where she prepares a favorite baked dish of zili stu fali for lunch.
Giada celebrates her grandfather's love for food by creating some of his favorites, including carbonara cacio e Pepe; mussels with fennel and Italian beer; and olive oil sorbetto with berries and balsamic.
Giada De Laurentiis spends an extended holiday in her birthplace of Italy.