- Hi! - Wow.
(crowd applauding)
- Welcome to the show.
I am about to live my ultimate fantasy,
because we are throwing a, okay, two words, pasta party
with the one, the only, the queen of Italian cuisine,
my girl crush for life, Giada De Laurentiis.
(crowd cheering)
(Drew laughing)
And I actually have a surprise for you, right now.
- Uh-oh.
- I am wearing the necklace that your grandfather got me
when I was seven years old.
- Oh my gosh.
- [Crowd In Unison] Aww!
- Yeah, because people dunno that we,
I met you when you were just a little kid.
So Giada's grandfather is the very, very
beautifully talented, prolific, Dino De Laurentiis
who was a very famous,
(crowd cheering)
very famous movie producer.
And he gave me this necklace
and I've had it my whole life and I've cherished it.
- Oh my gosh.
(crowd cheering)
That is so.
(audience applauding)
- Our audience is gonna eat the food
and we're gonna, okay,
Giada, let me just be honest.
When we first did this show together,
it was the very beginning of the pan,
I mean, it was height of the pandemic,
and we made a Cacio e Pepe over Zoom.
And I mean, I'm really looking for a redemption here.
- [Giada] That wasn't easy.
- Well, just look at this footage.
This will help you understand why I'm so excited, also.
- Wait, how's your pasta coming?
- You know, Giada, let me see yours.
- [Giada] Do you see all that creaminess?
(Drew stammering)
- You know, I think if I just take out this.
- I think it's too dry.
You just need the pasta water.
Pasta water, add a little bit more butter.
- Okay, all right.
(Drew laughing)
All right, I'm gonna fix this.
I've had it.
Now I'm mad.
Hey, don't worry, I got this.
- It's like I'm trying to convince a guy
to like me right now.
I'm like, no, I'm cute and I'm, I'm pretty and I'm funny.
Giada, here's where I'm at.
- That's good, that's okay, that's okay!
- But the cheese doesn't look right.
Why does the cheese kind of go into those cobwebs?
- Don't pre-cook the pasta.
Cause, that's what's happening.
As long as the taste is there, that's all that matters.
- I got my hair in it.
I'm a hot mess today, Giada.
(Giada laughing)
(crowd cheering)
It is redemption day.
All right, let's get started, on this pasta.
Teach me, I can't believe I'm here with you in person.
- This is so great!
- I am so excited.
Okay, so today we're gonna,
I'm gonna show you some tips.
This is gonna be great.
- Okay. (crowd applauding)
- All right so, we're starting with boiling water.
- Yep.
- Really important part of this.
And we're gonna season the water.
- Like the ocean.
- That's right, go, because
that's the first seasoning of the pasta.
That's the first time you get to do anything with it.
- Okay, perfect.
So now, we've got the boiling water.
What next?
- Now you can dump the pasta in.
- All right, I am proud to tell you
that I have been fortunate enough to experience your pasta.
This is, am I saying it okay?
Giadzy. - Yes, good.
- How do you say it?
- Giadzy, that's perfect. - Whew, all right.
This is your own pasta.
I consider myself a pasta aficionado.
You know, I've been fortunate enough to
have the blessings of traveling through Italy
and there's really just no comparison.
It's a completely different experience
and this is the first time I feel like I'm getting
to capture that magic in your pasta.
- Yeah, and the different cuts, these are,
(audience applauding)
it's true.
- Yeah. I know.
It's very different. (audience applauding)
I mean, I love it.
Okay, sorry, what's next?
Add oil, shallots.
- Okay. - Onions.
Browned mushrooms.
- Yes, so we're using porcini.
You can use whatever mushrooms you like,
but today we're using royal trumpets and porcinis
cause they have a nice earthly flavor.
And I don't really chop up the garlic.
I put it in to just perfume the dish.
- [Drew] Perfume it.
- But I don't want to eat,
I just don't want to eat a bunch of garlic.
- I like- - It's there to perfume
and to kind of add some flavor.
But then, a lot of times growing up,
my mom would do it this way and then pull out the clove
right before we ate.
So nobody would actually-
- Perfume it.
All right, Marsala time. - Yeah.
- So, mushrooms and Marsala, really good together.
Marsala being a fortified wine that has
a little bit of sugar in it.
So as it evaporates, it adds a lot of flavor
to the mushrooms.
Do your kids eat mushrooms?
- Errr.
- 'Cause Jade doesn't eat mushrooms.
I nix them out.
- [Drew] Jade is 15 now. - [Giada] Yeah.
- I mean, I feel like I've watched her grow up
on the shows with you.
- She's a big girl.
- And now, she's playing music.
- Yeah, she's a lead singer of a band from, at school.
- Oh my gosh!
(audience applauding)
- [Giada] So it's a really great outlet for her,
and she loves it.
- And 15 is like the new 18.
The world is going so fast. - Yeah.
The way they dress at 15.
- Oh my God, the way they dress at 11.
My daughter would love to wear a crop top,
and I'm like, no crop tops. - Yeah.
- And she's like, I know what you did-
- Yeah. (Giada laughing)
- When you were young.
- [Giada] It's really hard for you to tell her no.
- And I'm like, I know what I did, too.
And I knew this day was coming, the reckoning,
but I, you know, I've become much more appropriate.
- [Giada] Yeah, I bet you have.
- [Drew] Conservative, ironically, yeah.
So we're dealing with that, yeah.
Okay, hold on, I have this amazing situation happening,
because we're about to go to break.
But first we have some audience trivia
and I'm really excited about this.
Is there a Giselle in the house, Giselle?
- Yeah!
- Giselle, there you are.
(audience applauding)
Oh Giselle, I've been waiting to meet you, hello.
- Hi, Drew.
- [Drew] I'm Drew, this is Giada.
- Giselle, I love your jacket, like the half.
- Oh, thank you, and it smells so good in here.
- [Giada] Very stylish. - [Drew] I know, I know.
- Oh, you guys.
- Very cool looking, I've never seen that before.
(women talking simultaneously)
Like color blocking.
- Definitely, definitely solid, solid colors.
- Well Giselle, we have a question for you,
and if you get this right, there's a prize.
Do you wanna know what the prize is?
- Oh my God, hold on.
Let me get it together.
(Giselle deep breathing)
Okay.
- All right, you could actually enjoy
as much pasta as you could possibly indulge in,
in actual Italy.
- What?
Oh my God!
(audience cheering)
- [Giada] Wow.
- I know, I know.
It's a seven night custom made itinerary for you
and a guest of your choice.
You can visit the cities you choose.
I'll pull out a few, Rome, Venice, Florence, Milan.
You will get two meals a day provided on this trip.
And it's all courtesy of the beautiful upscale
NH Collection Hotels in Italy.
- [Giselle] Oh my God!
(audience cheering)
- [Drew] I know!
- Oh my God.
(audience applauding)
- [Giada] That's amazing.
(everyone cheering)
- Here's the question.
According to USA today,
how many pounds of pasta are consumed in the US every year?
A, 750 million.
B, 6 billion.
C, 32 billion.
Don't answer, I don't know the answer either.
We're gonna find out after the break.
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