Giada's cookin' in Kidz Kitchen Posted on Fri, Feb. 22, 2008 Digg del.icio.us AIM reprint print email Giada De Laurentiis, the upbeat, photogenic Food Network star (
Everyday Italian and
Giada's Weekend Getaways) makes cooking seem like the most fun thing in the world.
She's a major draw at this weekend's
South Beach Wine & Food Festival, hosting two events -- Saturday's
Kidz Kitchen and the sold-out
BubbleQ Friday night, where she becomes the first woman to host that marquee hot ticket.
For the Rome-born De Laurentiis, 37, cooking's a family tradition. Her filmmaker grandfather
Dino De Laurentiis (
Barbarella,
King Kong) got his start selling spaghetti produced by his father.
You're expecting your first child in April. Girl? Boy? Or do you want to be surprised?
``No [laughs.] I've got enough surprises in my life. It's a girl.''
Does this make hosting Kidz Kitchen more special?
``Three years ago, when Lee Schrager asked me to do it, I was a little reluctant. I didn't have kids. They don't have a long attention span. I don't know if I can deliver. Lee said,
`You can do it, just try it.' We did.
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