Giada De Laurentiis and her family gather at a villa in the Tuscan countryside for a family reunion celebration. Platters of food fill the long Italian table, and Giada has enlisted everyone to help out in the kitchen to prepare a menu of family favorites that are full of traditional northern Italian ingredients, including Octopus Panzanella, Hazelnut Chicken and Stracciatella with Strawberry and Vin Santo.

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.