Gia's Italian Kitchen's Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Time to make some changes to your herb garden….tear the basil out (sad face), bring the rosemary inside, and leave your sage, oregano & thyme outside (in the Midwest)

How about a dinner with friends and family? 

Imagine a unique cooking experience where you could be the hero! We will create memories for friends & family through private dinner parties (virtually or in person) & employer teambuilding events via Italian cooking experiences. You select a custom menu, I provide the instruction! 

My full menu can be found on my website: https://giasitaliankitchen.biz/shop  

BOOK private cooking experience, virtually or in-person, for a fun and unique experience that you will all absolutely love! 

• Family across the country? Create memories with the kids and grandchildren to laugh while you cook with me with a virtual class. 
• Girlfriends in 6 different states? Craving a virtual cooking experience and happy hour, let’s get cooking! 
• Friends or family want a private dinner party in-person? 
• I can come to your or provide a local kitchen space. 

Learn more about us…all of our socials here:    https://linktr.ee/giasitaliankitchen

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

BASILCELLO......WHAT?????
After I cut & harvested my basil to make pesto, I left the plants in the ground and the leaves regenerated themselves!!!
So now what?
Well instead of Limoncello I am trying Basilcello!!!   Have you ever heard of this or made it yourself?
Here is phase 1.

How about a dinner with friends and family? 

Imagine a unique cooking experience where you could be the hero! We will create memories for friends & family through private dinner parties (virtually or in person) & employer teambuilding events via Italian cooking experiences. You select a custom menu, I provide the instruction! 

My full menu can be found on my website: https://giasitaliankitchen.biz/shop  

BOOK private cooking experience, virtually or in-person, for a fun and unique experience that you will all absolutely love! 

• Family across the country? Create memories with the kids and grandchildren to laugh while you cook with me with a virtual class. 
• Girlfriends in 6 different states? Craving a virtual cooking experience and happy hour, let’s get cooking! 
• Friends or family want a private dinner party in-person? 
• I can come to your or provide a local kitchen space. 

Learn more about us…all of our socials here:    https://linktr.ee/giasitaliankitchen

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

FREAKING OUT!!!!!

I am going to interview the New York Times bestselling author ADRIANA TRIGIANI next week!!!  YEP it’s true!

Be on the lookout on my podcast and all social medias at the beginning of July when I release the interview!

All of my links are here:  https://linktr.ee/giasitaliankitchen 

Watch on social or listen on my podcast:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1876610 or just search for Gia’s Italian Kitchen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.

Adriana Trigiani is The New York Times bestselling author of twenty books in fiction and nonfiction. She has been published in 38 countries around the world. She wrote the blockbuster The Shoemaker’s Wife, the Big Stone Gap series, the Valentine trilogy and Lucia, Lucia...to name a few.

Adriana’s latest novel, The View from Lake Como, hits shelves July 8th, 2025. Publisher’s Weekly’s “Best Book of Summer 2025”, this is the story of Jess Capodimonte Baratta, a recently divorced, dutiful daughter, living in her parents’ basement. When an unexpected loss sends her to her ancestral home of Carrara, Italy where Jess learns to rebuild her life and the house that goes with it. 

Visit her website at www.adrianatrigiani.com  

DO YOU MISS YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS?
Imagine a unique private group cooking experience where you could be the hero!  We will create memories for friends & family through private dinner parties (virtually or in person) & employer teambuilding events via Italian cooking experiences.   You select a custom menu, I provide the instruction!  

My full menu can be found on my website: https://giasitaliankitchen.biz 

BOOK private cooking experience, virtually or in-person, for a fun and unique gift that all will absolutely love!  

• Family across the country? Create memories with the kids and grandchildren to laugh while you cook with me with a virtual class. 

• Girlfriends in 6 different states? Craving a virtual cooking experience and happy hour, let’s get cooking! 

• Friends or family want a private dinner party in-person?  I can come to your or provide a local

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

Hysterical cooking again with the Maestro Tim!  We created Beef Saltimbocca and Fennel Salad with Mint….YUM!  

LIVE event was in our YouTube channel here, watch anytime:  https://youtube.com/live/cecmbgjW130?feature=share 

Hey, we made the newspaper!  Did you see it?  https://www.thegazette.com/business/my-biz-chef-shares-love-of-cooking-through-in-person-and-online-classes/ 

Many of our RECIPES are listed on our website, which one makes your mouth water?

https://giasitaliankitchen.biz/recipes-mangia 

#italianstyle #italiancooking #italianfood #letsgetcooking #cookingclass #foodblogger #familybusiness #foodie  

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

Last year when we cooked with Maestro Tim, he gave us an amazing tip when cooking!

Join us THIS Sunday, April 2 when we will cook again with the Maestro, creating Beef Saltimbocca and Fennel Salad with Mint….YUM!  Email us for the grocery list and recipes at kelley@giasitaliankitchen.biz 

LIVE event will be in our YouTube channel here:  https://youtube.com/live/cecmbgjW130?feature=share 

We made the newspaper!  Did you see it?  https://www.thegazette.com/business/my-biz-chef-shares-love-of-cooking-through-in-person-and-online-classes/ 

Many of our RECIPES are listed on our website, which one makes your mouth water?

https://giasitaliankitchen.biz/recipes-mangia 

#italianstyle #italiancooking #italianfood #letsgetcooking #cookingclass #foodblogger #familybusiness #foodie  

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

That sounds like such a wonderful holiday, YES!

What's your favorite filling?

Here is a family favorite, a little easier to make than homemade raviolis, and some photos from the real deal....want to make them together?

Want to watch some of our cooking episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/@giasitaliankitchen9079

We made the newspaper!  Did you see it?  https://www.thegazette.com/business/my-biz-chef-shares-love-of-cooking-through-in-person-and-online-classes/ 

Many of our RECIPES are listed on our website, which one makes your mouth water?

https://giasitaliankitchen.biz/recipes-mangia 

#italianstyle #italiancooking #italianfood #letsgetcooking #cookingclass #foodblogger #familybusiness #foodie  

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

Do you know what the most northwest point of Chicago is?
TAVERN ON THE POINT!
Two brothers owning a restaurant, a tribute to our first responders, seriously great food, and an awesome atmosphere!  We visited this past weekend!  Check it out!
https://tavernonthepoint.com/
On the NW Highway, in Edison Park, just next to Park Ridge and Des Plaines.

Did you hear about our interview with The Gazette Newpaper:
MY BIZ: Chef shares love of cooking through in-person and online classes | The Gazette

See what we are all about:  https://giasitaliankitchen.biz

#italianstyle #italiancooking #italianfood #letsgetcooking #cookingclass #familybusiness #womenownedbusiness #foodie

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

We talked about three quick tips in the Chicken Piccata dinner:  Garlic, Green Onions and Capers!

Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full cooking episode...we would love it if you would subscribe and like:

https://youtube.com/live/GeVmzyftQJY?feature=share

Did you hear about our interview with The Gazette Newpaper:
MY BIZ: Chef shares love of cooking through in-person and online classes | The Gazette

See what we are all about:  https://giasitaliankitchen.biz

#italianstyle #italiancooking #italianfood #letsgetcooking #cookingclass #familybusiness #womenownedbusiness #foodie #experience

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

We made Chicken Piccata and Green Cilantro Rice...YUM!
Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full cooking episode...we would love it if you would subscribe and like:

https://youtube.com/live/GeVmzyftQJY?feature=share

Did you hear about our interview with The Gazette Newpaper:
MY BIZ: Chef shares love of cooking through in-person and online classes | The Gazette

See what we are all about:  https://giasitaliankitchen.biz

#italianstyle #italiancooking #italianfood #letsgetcooking #cookingclass #familybusiness #womenownedbusiness #foodie #experience

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!

What's for Valentine's Dinner?
How about Red Clam Sauce w/ Mussels over Fettuccini!
This is a beautiful variation on our classic red sauce, that excludes the Italian Sausage and other meats, for a perfect pescatarian dinner.

Quick video to walk you through and see our big pile of delicious mussels....and the recipe:

https://youtu.be/hy1kW54LxeU

#italianstyle #italiancooking #italianfood #letsgetcooking #cookingclass #familybusiness #womenownedbusiness #foodie #experience #foodlover #instruction #foodblogger

Visit our YouTube channel to see dozens of our cooking episodes.

Check out our website for delicious recipes, upcoming events, and more!