Sweet Escapes

Giada hosts family Christmas dinner and pulls out all the stops with a fun gift exchange and an elegant menu; she makes a simple standing rib roast, Blistered Baby Pepper Salad, cavatelli with Gorgonzola and tomatoes and a panettone trifle.

Giada's Holiday Handbook

Family Christmas Dinner

Giada hosts a holiday party for kids and transforms the house into a winter wonderland; guests get to make their own snow globes and enjoy a menu of creamy tomato soup, triple chocolate hot cocoa, crispy chicken sandwiches and Italian flag cookies.

Winter Wonderland Party

Giada hosts a party where guests are asked to come dressed as their favorite holiday song; guests enjoy Giada's festive menu that includes a mozzarella bar, chicken piccata skewers, slow-roasted mustard salmon and a Sparkling Cosmo Punch.

Name That Holiday Tune Party

Giada De Laurentiis hosts an open house and makes a variety of Italian-themed appetizers; goat cheese-stuffed baby peppers; crispy chicken meatballs; shrimp fra diavolo bites; chocolate Christmas tree brownies; a whiskey spritz cocktail.

Small Bites Pot-Luck Party

Giada De Laurentiis is ready to host this year's family Thanksgiving dinner; polenta popovers with lemon butter; baked turkey Parmesan; sweet and salty mashed potatoes; chocolate pumpkin cheesecake souffle.

Giada's Italian Thanksgiving

Giada De Laurentiis kicks off the season with a buffet brunch that features the flavors of autumn; bacon cranberry scones with citrus basil butter; sweet potato; kale Spanish frittata; smoked salmon waffles with waffle bar; apple raspberry sangrias.

Holiday Kick-Off Brunch

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S4 E1 | Holiday Kick-Off Brunch