This looks delicious and I will attempt to make this. I was a student of yours in 1990. You were the best art teacher and now I learn an amazing cook too! Thank you for always being so kind and caring to me. I was going through a lot of tough stuff at home and you were a bright spot in my life and I always looked forward to you and your class. Bless you and Happy Easter!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

Жыл бұрын

Dearest Tanitha: You made my Day and my Easter with your beautiful words! Grazie Mille! Do make risotto, and if you make it once, you will make if again and again. ❤Giovanna La Marca - Alumna '57

@annmurray144

11 ай бұрын

Hi, i have just discovered your channel and wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make these wonderful informative videos and hope you and your family know special they are to watch, follow and listen to. You make me smile, thank you so much 😊 x

@mareemacpherson9454

8 ай бұрын

What a wonderful memory.

Your cousin's comment about having to wait so long reminded me of the film "Big Night" with Stanley Tucci. A couple came into a restaurant down the Jersey Shore and ordered spaghetti. They were very impatient, didn't have a clue that a perfectionist gourmet chef was preparing a dish they would never forget. When he presented the dish with a grand flourish, the response was , "we waited this long for a plate of spaghetti?" They didn't understand the fabulous taste of a lovingly cooked meal!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

7 ай бұрын

Cooks have to also be educators!

Dear Giovanna, I’m making your beautiful risotto right now and I just wanted to say thank you. We love this dish I make it vegetarian with veggie broth. I so enjoy your wonderful channel! Lots of love to you from Altadena California.

Madam La Marca, you are sitting at the adult table now! Congratulations! I'm 70 and I wish I was back at the children's table. 😁

Dear Giovanna, I love your channel. The secret behind every dish is time. No fast food, slow food and best ingredients. I cant't wait for your next video.

Awesome video!!! This take me to Brady Ave, In “The Bronx” 1963 when Bubbe Pauline used to teach me all things about cooking. She would ask me so Pincus what do you want to do today? I would reply back “Learn Bubbe”. One of her fav recipes Risotto con Finghi. Back in the day we didn’t buy package anything. Always fresh & bulk. The recipes she used were from her mom, her Bubbe, and grandma, Aunties, Cousins, they loved newspaper recipes. B’H, Thank You Chef Giovanna. Thank you for being a Mitzvah Lady, Teacher, Mentor, Chef, and Bubbe. Yes please I love to see you make polenta. I had one of our catering menus for Hanukkah was an 8 night, plus, day meals Italian Hanukkah Feast. We did 250 menus in 8 days. I just finish up the menu tasting for Christmas, we start organizing for New Years, this evening.

Hello Giovanna, my grandmother was born in Alta Villa Melisa, Sicily in the late 1800’s. She brought her two daughters with her, Rose and Sarafina Loiagano, to America she married a Lamarca and he died in prison in Sicily. You are a Lamarca. I was born in Chicago in 1938, I am 85 and everyone is gone now. Love your way of cooking it reminds me so much of my Grandfather. Would love to follow your recipes!!!

Dear Ms. Giovanna, Your channel - all of it, really - has helped me get through a difficult time. The cooking and food is immaculate, however, you are as interesting and dynamic as your food and beautiful Italy. You are good company and I wish I knew somebody like you in my life! You’re an amazing teacher, person, and guide. Your channel is spectacularly artful, warmly comforting and forever enlightening. You inspire. I am certain I am not alone in my sentiments! From New York City, right across the River from you, I say thank you; health, happiness and endless creativity and energy to you! Warmly and happy cooking and teaching! Eric Stone PS: please keep making videos and give short talks when able. And please make polenta! ❤️🧡💛💚

I love the beautiful videos and to hear a story from the past makes it even more beautiful. A story told has many meaning.

Giovanna, I made this recipe just as you did, even making the chicken broth as you instructed. It is heaven!!! Thank you!

This looks so good! My mom would make polenta with chicken stew with mushrooms, then my dad would grill the polenta the next day topped with cheese.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

Жыл бұрын

Polenta and Risotto are Italian soul food!

How to make a legacy!!! Great to watch how it’s supposed to be done!

You are a charm to watch and listen to. I always have a tear of joy when you reminisce x

Yes please make polenta but you know everything you make is delicious and terrific there's always a lot of fun listening to you and watching you making great Italian cuisine so easy and enjoyable

Signora Giovanna, questa ricetta mi ha fatto venire l'acquolina in bocca. Nonostante io ormai prepari il risotto da me, non vedo l'ora di sedermi a tavola con la mia famiglia per gustarne un piatto preparato dalla mia mamma o dalla mia nonna; la mia versione non si avvicina lontanamente alla loro. La cucina italiana unisce, ed è una delle cose che preferisco della nostra cultura. Un abbraccio.

I love this! I made it again last night following your instructions and it was perfect!

My Dear Giovanna . I leaned to make Risotto while staying on the Lido. It was always a great favorite. But Your Risotto is Prima. Ciao Bella.

Thank you, Giovanna, for your wonderful channel, which I just found this week! My father hails from Sicily, and moved to Australia some 60 years ago as a teenager where my parents had me. We weren’t raised with any teachings of Italy at all, not even the language. I was lucky however to have picked up some cooking competence through watching my grandparents. Through you, I feel I’m learning, finally, not just about the food of Italy, but of the culture and language too. Thank you ❤

I watch this video every time I make risotto! I love you both!!!

i just found you!! I'm delighted and feel like I made a new like-minded friend!! i am learning more about cooking as after the elders in my family passed, I have no one to call to discuss a recipe or to watch them cook. I enjoy everything about your video's. Thank you for sharing your recipes, wisdom and part of your world.

This looks absolutely delicious. I have already eaten dinner, but now all I can think about is eating risotto!

What a groovy modern Granny !! She wears nice modern clothes , jewellery and has a sense of style . Reminds me of my Granny from Croatia . The culture and food is very similar to Dalmatia along the Adriatic coast of Croatia . Can you do salted Cod .....Baccalar in Croatian? We eat it only on Good Friday and Christmas Eve .

This is what I want from a cooking show. Someone who has a been cooking for decades. These are tried and true recipes from a time when slow food was good food.

I just discovered your channel a few days ago and I'm so glad I did I've always loved Italian cooking but authentic Italian cooking is so hard you can get here in North Carolina you can't get a authentic anything here no good Mexican food Italian Korean Chinese Japanese nothing but they sure love their collards dumplings and fried everything everything is salty fatty and pretty much taste the same so I do appreciate you so so much

You are the Queen , my Dear,,Thank you so much ❤🎉

Dearest you are amazing, adorable, Fantastico, the best ‼️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you 🎉

I love risotto its a lovely dish. So many ways to make it, but whatever goes into risotto it will be so tasty. First time that I've seen mushrooms in rissoto. Thanks Giovanni for lovely recipe. 😊

Your show is my favorite cooking show ❤❤

This channel. The side stories!!! Really so inspiring!

Such a great video and a beautiful risotto, bravo. I chuckled with you on that 45 minute comment. Risotto is one of those dishes you just can't rush, the slower that rice absorbs the stock and breaks down from stirring, the creamier it gets. I like to make it with Porchini and wild mushrooms.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

10 ай бұрын

Risotto is one of the great rice dishes, and you are absolutely right; it can't be rushed!

@matthewweng8483

10 ай бұрын

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca I love how you make your Bolognese sauce as well... you have a fan :)

Just enjoyed some wonderful Vidalia Onions while visiting Northern Georgia and Western North Carolina,

Excellent. Grazie mille. xx

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!

I remember the days when only adults sat at the table. Grazie Mille for the videos.

I just love your recipes, your stories and your family.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

For the first time in my long life I will try to make risotto: because your videos are so no nonsense with none of the bells and whistles and nostalgia. Your instructions are direct but you still feed us with facts eg about rice blooming when adding broth, etc. Thank you and don't stop teaching!

Authentic and delicious!

I tried this today and my first attempt turned out great. Thank you!

Lovely, thank you for sharing wisdom

The first time I made risotto I actually tried to make it using pre-boiled rice, the recipe, naturally, not even thinking there was a need to specify uncooked rice! You can imagine how it turned out! It least I got a laugh out of it! Thank you for the video!

Your videos are a reminder of the simple things in life that make us happy: family, food, and good company

My favourite KZread Chanel by farrrr. :)

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

9 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you’re enjoying it 🥰

Such wonderful woman Giovanna lovely recipes nice always stories to tell God bless you ❤

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

9 ай бұрын

Thank you from my heart!! 🌹

This was so relaxing to watch, Thank You Giovanna!

Very inspiring risotto recipe, but not as simple as I imagined. :) I'll definitely try to make it! It would be interesting to hear the polenta recipe as well, if you could take a video. Giovanna, health and good mood to You! 💛

Come sempre la ricetta è stupenda e viene la voglia di sedersi al tavolo con Howard. Buona Pasqua a tutti

When my son was about 2 1/2-3 years old he used to love to snack on raw vidalia onions as I was cooking dinner, or whatever meal/snack it happened to be.

It looks beautiful

👋hello I found your channel today , thankyou for sharing, this is heart warming. I will try this

I recently discovered your channel and I’ve been binging a bit. I’m a transplanted New Yorker living in Tokyo who misses Italian food. Thank you for featuring such wonderfully delicious food on your channel. It brings back such wonderful memories.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

Жыл бұрын

During two trips to Japan we ate well, but we didn't seek italian restaurants because we found wonderful local ingredients available; at a nearby market we found fresh egg noodled imported from Milano!!! We did, however, discover delicious eel served on top of hot rice. Tempura is Misto Fritto. But if you live there you should try your hand at cooking your own Italian food. Japanese rice is like Italian Arborio rice, and it's perfect for making Arancine and Risotto. As you begin to cook, also develop a taste for the Japanese Cuisine e Tanti Auguri!

This looks delicious! Your videos and beautiful and very enjoyable to watch!

This looks wonderful Giovanna! I know it takes a lot of time and patience but it's well worth it. Wishing you and your family a Buona Pasqua.

Nice video! Italian cuisine is truly simple, economical, and made with a few ingredients adapted through countless regional recipes, but with some simple tricks and underlying principles. Learning Italian cooking is really a great investment of time!

Looks so wonderful. I am going to try it.

Yes delicious 😋

scrumptious!

Thank you Giovanna!!! Looks incredible. I'd love to see your recipe for polenta! Thanks

Polenta. Yes, please. Thank you

❤❤ This is love. Grazie mille

So good to see you back ❤

My go to light meal but I use orzo & & chic stock & mushrooms peas at last second & tempered cream . Satisfying

I love making risotto and stirring it. I find it meditative. I will try your version!

Delicious!👍👍👍👌👌👌

Delicious!! I made it today! We really enjoyed it

Looks so good and you make it look so easy! I've never made risotto but will be trying your recipe!

So happy to found this channel, really great cooking, explanation and recipies, Thank you Giovanna!

Hello Giovanna, I am a new viewer on your channel and today after trying this recipe I have been turned into a fan!! If it wasn’t for your radiating energy, or your wonderful stories and use of food as a medium of capturing the essence of a time and place, your narration is a very calming reminder to take things a step at a time in the kitchen and to not rush through things, but give everything its time and love. My god this risotto!!! it was everything I could’ve hoped for, one of the most decadent and fulfilling dishes to eat, I am looking forward to trying more of your recipes, which I will cherish and hope to enjoy in the future as much as I have this. Greetings from Mexico!

One of my favorite things to eat ...yummy 😋 looks amazing 👏 😋 Thanks for sharing

Beautiful

Beautiful video. I can’t wait to try this recipe. And yes I’d love to see a video on polenta and anything that you like serving with it. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with all of us.

I just discovered this channel and I must say I am enjoying the videos. Definitely gonna try several of your recipes. Looks delicious.

Buon apetito Giovanna ❤ from 🇨🇦 Today is the anniversary of the passing of my Papa and risotto con fungi was one of his specialties. His recipe is almost identical to yours except he used wild forest mushrooms called “ choddetti” from Northern Ontario in Canada. He also made the very best home made white vino. I know he would agree with all of your advise and suggestions. So happy that I found your channel today. Auguri from 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦

I’ve made this several times now but with vegetable broth and it is absolutely delicious every time! Thank you so much Giovanna!!!!❤

Looks absolutely delicious! Polenta would be another great episode 😊

I love risotto and this looks amazing. Thanks for sharing your version, will definitely try this. Cheers

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Thanks for the delicious recipes. Please give us a tour of your beautiful home.

I love these videos, I revently went to Milan and this recipe looks very similar to how they make it there, Ill be happy to try this recipe. Grazie!

Hello Giovanna! I am new to your channel & I found so interesting the foods that you came to prepare. I would appreciate to learn to know how to prepare chicken broth. I thank you so much & more health & power to your channel.

Buonissimo!! Grazie, Giovanna! The risotto looks amazing. I’d love to see you make polenta. Best wishes, Marlene 😊

Giovanna I love your channel! And I love risotto 🤤 I just put lots of stock and stir then let it simmer until was ready. Now I know how to cook it properly 😅 lots of love from Australia 🇦🇺

Love it! Delizioso!

Oooooh risoto con fungho or frutti di mare! I adore both, can't decidet, depends how I feel on particulary day 👍😃

Yes, polenta please! 😌😍😘

this takes commitment !!!! i will try it- 1/2 quantity for starters !!! 🙂after i find your broth recipe.... it won't all happen tomorrow, it goes on my list !!!

tyvm i love risotto

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

6 ай бұрын

I love it as well! ❤️👍🏽

Yummy!

Ah, Giovanna! Looks delicious -- and I was looking at my arborio rice just yesterday. This may have to be a dish made soon! Never used saffron, though -- that'll be an interesting addition.

Please make polenta as well. I love your cooking. Thank you for sharing with us. X

I’ve done risotto for the last 10 years but this recipe looks WAY better and uses saffron, which I love. I will report back on the results - I will also make the broth using your other recipe! Stay tuned!!

Hello Giovanna, God bless your heart. Thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes. So far I have cooked the rague, arancini & risotto, all turned out wonderfully... my husband loved these dishes & eagerly awaits the next attempt. I also enjoy your stories & explanations on why you prefer to prepare in certain ways. My husband would like to try protein in the risotto what protein would you use?

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

5 ай бұрын

Serve the protein on the side and enjoy the risotto with it!

Dear Giovanna, i wish you a very Happy Birthday! Hope you have a nice, enjoyable day! I found you, watching pasta grannies. Then i saw that you have your own KZread Videos and i watched everyone. On one i saw that your Birthday is on June5th. Well, my Birthday is also today. You are the first and so far only one i know, who celebrate on june 5. So i thought i have to write you and wish you a very Happy Birthday! Best wishes from Carmen Maria from Salzburg, Austria🌻🎂

Looks awesome👌. Off topic, if you start becoming more popular try not to show landmarks or your home, I’m from northeast NJ and those seem familiar and nowadays you’ve got 🤪 nuts out there. Thanks for the delicious recipes.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for caring!🌹

La preghiamo, ci piacerebbe tanto se facesse un video della polenta! Ciao da Pt. Washington!

Thank you, great video as always. I would love to see some polenta recipe.

Thanks!

@algebarb

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, your show is the BEST!!!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

6 ай бұрын

I am so glad you’re enjoying our show. I love making these videos. Grazie tanto!! 😘

Yes please, the people want Polenta!! ❤

A rubber gripper mat or wet towel or paper towel for ur plastic cutting board prevents ur board from sliding and THUS, cutting urself! Easy fix! Js! 🖤 UW! ✌️

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching so attentively! I just forgot until I was on camera! But, I do thank you!

The trick to eating hot risotto is same as eating Pongal ( a South indian dish , similar to risotto) from the sides... 🖤

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

7 ай бұрын

Exactly!!!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

7 ай бұрын

Exactly!

I've never had this, it looks good though.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

10 ай бұрын

It’s more than good! If you make it once, you’ll make it often.

Hi Nicoletta’s Mom! Congrats on your Granddaughter’s graduation. It’s Debbie from the diner. Wanted to show you we found your site 👍🏽 Take care 😘

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Debbie, I'm delighted to hear from you. Thank you!