Giada De Laurentiis works at the restaurants of master chef Fabio Picchi, where she learns about Florentine cuisine; Giada makes Italian dishes with a California spin, like prosciutto broth with farro and spinach and branzino puttanesca.

Giada De Laurentiis hosts a cocktail party on a terrace near Florence's famed Duomo and creates a menu to celebrate its history in the fashion world; crab arancini; avocado white bean dip; grappa poached pears with speck.