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Foodie Giada de Laurentiis Covers Redbook and Rachel Ray

Karl Erikson — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:34:00 GMT

What I really want to see is a Food Network Catfight between Giada De Laurentiis and Rachel Ray. Guess I'll have to wait for another day. Mommy Giada covers Redbook magazine and talked a little about her reported fighting with Rachel Ray.

"Do we hang out all the time? No," Giada says. "Are we best friends? No. But if you’re not best friends, people assume that you hate each other. We laugh about it. We do these festivals together, and she’ll say to me, ‘Oh, we’d better take a picture together and smile, because if we don’t, God only knows what’s going to get written about us.’ She’s a lovely person."

Giada also talks a bit about her daughter Jade, now 1. She's not a fussy eater, Giada says. "She loves grilled lamb chops and eats quinoa." Quinoa? What the hell is quinoa? Getting children to eat healthy food is important, she says. "You have to make food fun."

As for being "too sexy" for a cooking show, Giada says, "I think it’s okay to cook and be sexy. Why not? I do get a lot of emails from women, saying to me, ‘You don’t have to show cleavage to get the male audience.’ I don’t need to. That’s just how my body type is, and I’m very comfortable with what I have."

You naysaying women can shut your mouths. I'm very comfortable with what Giada has, too.

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Giada De Laurentiis Returns From Maternity Leave

trix — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:03:00 GMT

Giada De Laurentiis looked as fresh as a daisy in Santa Monica, if just a little on the heavily made up side. She began filming spots for her return to the Food Network recently, after giving birth to her first baby, Jade Marie last year.

I bet she has her little girl in the kitchen with her and just talks or practices what she is going to say for her next show. That little girl is going to grow up with the kind of kitchen knowledge that comes from hearing it, day in and day out.

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Giada De Laurentiis Says Daughter Needs Teeth

Karl Erikson — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:27:00 GMT

The gorgeous Giada De Laurentiis has books and TV shows in the air at all times, so she's still learning how to juggle motherhood along with everything else. Famous for her shows on the Food Network, including "Everyday Italian," Giada is a new mom to Jade Marie, now 6 months.

"When you have children," Giada says, "everything changes. A lot of women know, you learn as you go through it." At the recent NYC Wine and Food Festival she said she's still working on the balance "between not giving up everything that I used to do, and not missing out on anything that my daughter does."

What's it like for a professional to prepare food for a toddler? Jade only just started eating solid foods last week, so fortunately she's not all that picky yet. Hell, anything tastes better than mashed lima beans! "It'll be a couple years before I understand what she likes and doesn't like," Giada says. "And she's got to get some teeth. She's missing teeth and hair."

So it's like a miniature Grandpa, then, including the diapers. Cool!

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Best of FameCrawler: Week of April 4

Whit Honea — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT

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Jamie Lynn Spears in Hustler!

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Piping Hot: Giada De Laurentiis Has a Baby Girl

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Food Network chef Giada De Laurentiis gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday. Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson was born at 4:38pm in Los Angeles. She's the first child for De Laurentiis and her husband, clothing designer Todd Thompson.

Giada is the host of Everyday Italian on the Food Network and is also a contributor to the Today show.

I feel like I should make a joke here about the baby coming out of the oven, but I'm just going to say...Congratulations!

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Not Your Everyday Italian: Pregnant Giada de Laurentiis at Mad Money Premiere

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:36:00 GMT

I'm sure chef Giada de Laurentiis is tired of hearing food-related pregnancy sayings, so I'll refrain from saying she's got a bun in the oven. De Laurentiis, seen here at the Mad Money premiere in Westwood, Calif. last night, is expecting her first child with husband Todd Thompson in April.

The Food Network star, who recently revealed that she is pregnant with a girl, told Redbook magazine that she hopes her daughter will share her love of cooking but she's not counting on it. "I hope I can pass on the love of food to my child the way my family did to me...But watch, I will probably end up with a child who not only doesn't care about food, but doesn't ever want to set foot in a kitchen!" she says.

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Bam! Emeril Lagasse Gets Burned

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:45:00 GMT

Ubiquitous celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse has chopped, sautéed and fried his way out of The Food Network's lineup, at least partially. Lagasse's "Emeril Live" has been cancelled, while the only slightly less annoying "Essence of Emeril" will remain on the air. Lagasse is a veteran of the network and has attracted a loyal following of fans who apparently never tire of his annoying catchphrases. Me, if I hear "Kick it up a notch" one more time I'm going to strangle Lagasse with one of his sausage ropes.

Negotiations between the celebrity chef and the network broke down on Tuesday and the network decided to kick him down a notch - the last episode of "Emeril Live" will air on December 11. Guess Lagasse's head got too big for his toque.

Giada De Laurentiis Has A Bun In The Oven

HerBadMother — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:44:00 GMT

As if I could resist punning on ovens and kitchens and pregnancy when announcing a Food Network pregnancy.

Giada de Laurentiis announced on Monday's Today show that she is due in early April.

"When I found out I was pregnant I was in complete shock," she admitted. "I truly didn't believe it. I honestly thought, 'there has got to be a mistake.' " But no mistake - and a constant craving for starches has been underscoring the point.

Which raises the question: would professional cooks and foodies gain more weight during pregnancy - because they can cook or prepare anything to satisfy their cravings - or less weight - because they'd just be so averse to fulfilling urges for McChickens and Twinkies and stick to a higher quality diet - than regular women? I exclude Rachael Ray from this consideration, of course; I fully expect her to gain ninety pounds on a diet of thirty-minute carbonara and deep fried Mars bars when she gets pregnant.

Congratulations, Giada!

(Photo by: Lester Cohen / WireImage)