Giada in Italy

Giada De Laurentiis heads into Sorrento to stock up on essential Italian ingredients, then returns home to prepare a light meal inspired by the local goods.

Giada hosts a cocktail party on her villa deck for neighbours and friends, serving an assortment of Italian cocktails along with small bites inspired by California.

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

Giada and her Aunt Raffy visit the southern Italian town of Torre Annunziata, where Giada's great-grandparents once owned a pasta factory.

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.

Giada celebrates the pizza of Naples when she creates her own fresh Neapolitan-style dough and assembles some of her favourite pizzas at the outdoor pizza oven with her daughter, Jade, and friends.