Let's drink.
So we're starting with a cocktail.
Yeah.
Because we're going to make a nice tequila drink.
I like a tequila drink.
OK.
You want to make it?
Sure.
Great.
So we're going peel an orange.
Uh huh.
Not the whole thing, just a little bit.
It's called a Destroyer.
Uh huh.
I make it my Vegas restaurant.
Uh huh.
It's after "Conan the Barbarian," which
is a movie my grandfather made.
Is that right?
And he also made movies with Jane Fonda, which is very cool.
Wow, that is cool.
Wait, just that one little peel?
Yeah.
OK.
So now we've got--
What's that?
Orange juice.
Uh huh.
You could also use tangerine juice
if you want to be fancy schmancy.
OK.
So a little Casa Dragones?
Yes.
Mm hm.
1 and 1/2 ounces or more.
OK.
To taste.
OK.
So now put the lid on it.
OK.
Have you done this before, by the way?
Yes, sure.
OK.
Were you once a bartender or something?
There's no ice in there.
There doesn't need to be.
Go ahead.
OK.
Shake it up.
I know you're doing Jazzercise, so--
oh.
OK.
See?
That's why I wasn't doing it.
Here, here, here.
You take of that.
Yes.
I'll take care of this.
Oh, man.
So then we just drink.
And you pour it in here.
And here's your cocktail because I
don't want to run out of time.
Cheers.
There we go.
Mm.
It's delicious.
Is there alcohol in here?
Hold on.
I think so.
Yeah.
Not as much as I'd put in, but yeah.
All right.
OK.
Moving on.
We drink.
We eat.
What are we making?
OK.
So now we're making a pasta dish.
OK.
You eat pasta?
I love pasta.
OK great.
Yes.
So now you're going to take all these cherry tomatoes
and cut them in half for me.
Oh, Lord.
OK.
All right.
All of them.
Serrated knives make it easier to cut tomatoes so you
don't rip the skin, although--
Although I think I am.
OK.
And then I take a bunch of chives.
This is very simple.
I make this on a weeknight for my daughter, who wanted
me to mention her on this show.
OK.
She's a fan of yours.
She said, you never talk about me.
I said, I talk about you all the time.
She said, yes, but not for long enough.
You were pregnant with her the first time
you were on the show.
How old is she?
Seriously?
Yeah.
Have you been doing this show that long?
16 years.
Yeah.
She's 10.
Yeah.
Wow.
That is scary.
OK.
Now I spoke about her, so we're good.
All right.
Jade, we're all good.
OK.
So are you done there yet?
I don't know.
How many did you want me to do?
You didn't tell me.
The whole bowl?
The whole bowl, but maybe I should just
help you do it because--
Yeah, but it looks like they're chopped already over there.
Let's go.
OK.
Let's go.
OK.
[LAUGHTER]
OK.
This is the cool part.
OK?
This is super neat.
OK.
So you have a pan like this.
Don't laugh.
It's super neat.
You fill it with four cups of water.
OK.
And you dump the pasta in.
I've never done pasta--
I know!
This is why I'm showing you.
Don't yell at me.
All right.
[LAUGHTER] I got excited.
Right.
So you cook the pasta first?
Yes.
So it goes from there--
once you add the pasta and the salt,
you cook it for nine minutes.
And this is what it looks like.
Done.
Seriously?
You don't put it in one of those big giant things?
Not for this.
Why not?
Because that way, I don't have to do a ton of dishes.
And it works.
So it works just as well in water in a pan like that?
Not long pasta just short pasta.
Yes, like penne.
Penne.
"Pen-ne."
"Pin-ny?"
"Pen-ne."
No, it's not--
Like a pen.
Like a quill.
"Pin-ny?"
No one says "pin-ny?"
Can I have the "pin-ny" pasta?
[LAUGHTER]
Yes.
They don't say "pen-nay."
I know but then I corrected myself.
I said "pen-nay."
And then you went "pin-ny."
No, it's not "pen-nay."
It's "pen-ne."
"Pin-ny?"
No, not panini or anything like that.
"Pin-ny?"
"Pen-ne."
No one says "pen-ne."
They do in Italy.
OK.
Well, we're not in Italy.
They say all kinds of things.
So shouldn't we say it properly, like "spagh-itti,"
not spaghetti?
"Spigh-itti?"
"Spagh-itti."
No, that's not what we should say.
Yes it is because you should pronounce it properly so when
you go to Italy--
I'll take the "pin-ny" and she'll have the "spagh-itti."
[LAUGHTER]
They told us to hurry it up.
All right.
So let's not argue anymore.
What are we doing now?
This is the pasta after it's cooked.
Do you want this in here?
Yes.
I want it all in here.
All right.
Just keep dumping.
All right what is this?
Calabrian chili?
What's that?
Calabrian chili.
Have you tasted it?
It's not coming out.
[LAUGHTER] All right.
Well, you don't like spice anyway.
I do.
I like sriracha.
Well, it's like sriracha, the Italian version.
All right.
Great.
Then you'll love this.
How much of this?
The whole thing?
Yeah.
OK.
The vegan cheese.
Yeah.
Mm, my favorite.
They do make some good vegan cheese.
It's hard, but you've got to find it.
Can you taste it and tell me if it's good?
Is this vegan cheese?
Yes.
Yeah.
I'll tell you right now.
OK.
Tell me if that's good.
I normally don't eat vegan cheese.
I either don't eat cheese, or I eat a lot of regular cheese.
[LAUGHTER] Yeah.
That's what I thought.
Olive oil.
No, that's not a good vegan cheese.
OK.
So just stick to the regular cheese, guys.
Or just omit the cheese and add more spice.
How's that?
Woo!
That's bad vegan cheese.
Salt and pepper and lemon juice.
Look what's happening.
It's overflowing.
Woo!
All right.
We have to take a break, and we'll
come back and finish this, OK?
Oh.
All right.
But we'll be back.
OK great.
Yay!
We're back with Giada "Di-lauren-teese."
Is that the way they say it in (ITALIAN ACCENT) Italy?
"De-Laur-en-teese."
All right.
So I want to taste this, but I want to ask you questions.
How many restaurants do you own now?
Three.
And how do you make sure that they're all doing well
and the quality is what you want?
You have to travel to them often?
I do.
And sometimes I send friends.
And sometimes I go in disguise.
Really?
I come up with all-- yes.
I come up with all sorts of tricks.
This is delicious.
Is it really?
Mm hm.
Even with the faux cheese?
Yes because it kind of blended in.
And it's delicious.
Oh yeah!
Right?
It is good.
Yeah.
Oh my goodness.
Yeah.
Who knew?
But with better vegan cheese it would be even better.
Oh my god.
All right let's go over here.
And then I want to ask you another question.
"Win or Cake All," how many cakes that you eat
are actually not good?
They look beautiful.
Mm hm.
Only a couple are actually edible.
Wow.
OK.
We're making some type of apple cobbler, I'm guessing.
Apple crisp.
Yes.
But since I heard that you like pears better,
we've made it with pears for you.
Really?
Yeah?
See how nice we are?
Is that what I like?
OK.
[LAUGHTER] I hear so much about myself that I don't know what--
people say so many things about me.
We're an apple crisp.
OK.
But with pears?
No, these are apples (LAUGHING) but we made it with pears.
Here why don't you take the apples?
I'm so confused.
Just put a little bit of brown sugar.
OK.
Lemon juice.
All right.
This is the topping for the crisp.
What is that?
Flour, oatmeal, coconut oil because it's vegan.
OK.
Bake it in the oven 400 degrees, 30 minutes.
Great.
And then you can top it with your vegan ice cream.
Wonderful.
Let's try the pear crisp.
OK.
Let's do it.
Shall we, Ellen?
Let's do this.
Mm.
Is it good?
Mm hm.
Well, if she says it's good, I guess I'll have it.
It is.
It's delicious.
Mm hm.
I think we brought it for you the last time I was here,
and then we didn't make it.
And now you dropped it on your shoe.
I'm sorry.
My shoe is white.
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