Giada De Laurentiis cooks up a feast made almost entirely on the outdoor grill; the surf-and-turf menu features grilled plum salad, spicy melon salad, grilled skirt steak with smoky herb sauce, and grilled halibut with olive bagna cauda.

Giada De Laurentiis does summer sunset right with an Italian happy hour and appetiser spread. Her menu includes spicy sausage and broccoli panini, a crab and potato frittata, grape and red onion mostarda, and a rose spritz.

Giada is hosting her daughter's friends for the weekend at the beach house. Her outdoor menu, for both kids and adults, includes Caesar's pasta salad, taco burgers, and homemade fudge sauce and strawberry sauce for a gelato bar.

Giada De Laurentiis puts a West Coast spin on an East Coast tradition with an ultimate Italian clambake on the beach for her family; the menu includes summer succotash, grilled seafood salad with mustard butter and, for dessert, frozen s'mores.

Giada hosts a big family Sunday supper at her California beach house. The menu includes an array of family-style dishes, such as peel-and-eat pepper shrimp, grilled melon and prosciutto pasta salad, and brick-oven chicken.

Giada heads to the local farmers market near her vacation beach house to pick up some fresh ingredients for an alfresco lunch with friends; the menu includes grilled kale salad with roasted sungolds, cherry balsamic chicken and strawberry cake.

Giada De Laurentiis, her daughter Jade, and a friend head out for a paddleboarding session followed by a casual weekend brunch; the menu includes berries with spiced cream, a peach and bacon frittata, lemon ricotta pancakes, and lemon shakeratos.