As a chef/restaurateur of 4 restaurants in Montreal and tv host . I love the fact that I can still learn . This channel is pure gold . Thank you for your attention to detail and the preservation of authentic Italian cuisine.
I made your egg plant dish right after watching this video. It was absolutely delicious. I am taking care of an elderly lady and she didn’t want to eat. I put some on a dish and acted like I was going to eat it and offered her a bite, she couldn’t resist especially after the first bite. I told her it was egg plant Parmesan she said I love egg plant and this is the best one I’ve ever had! It was really delicious. That’s all I ate for dinner. Thank you for sharing.
Looks nice but you said the bottom of the pan would be the presentation side but then you did the opposite, so maybe next time put presentation side on top in the pan. Covered with breadcrumbs though it hardly seems to matter.
With all the awful news in the world, what a sweet escape this channel is! I especially like the dog and the color green in her kitchen. Thanks for your content 😘
I'm Irish and was adopted into an Italian family, and they all cooked homeade Italian staples all the time. My grandfather owned a fruit company and had his own garden at home with some pear and peach trees. Italian food is my #1 favorite food and always will be. !! Ate a Mediterranean diet my whole life, I'm so absolutely grateful. 🙏 Once in a while tacos sound good, but Italian food is the best food in the world. We ate alot of fish, olive oils as well as homeades...I must've Italian in a previous lifetime !!❤😊 Love biscotti, ricotta cake, Italian cookies..what I liked best was that they weren't overly sweet !! Good coffee dunkers😊😇❤❤ 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹...
This is so heart warming to watch. It is not only the recipe that I loved but also the darling duo, grandma's amazing pan, the charming house, the calm and endearing demeanour of the adorable couple, everything is so precious. Love from Pakistan ❤❤
Fiji here.!! I love the simplicity of ur cooking. And how you explain. No over the top explanation. Love it. Made me feel as if I was in the kitcken with u learning to cook that.. So big thank you... That's experience and wisdom. Coming from you. 💖🌺🙏
Gracious couple with cooking skills that are descriptive. Wife & husband working together with this delicious recipe that will grace my dining table tomorrow. The food placement when you're ready to eat is exquisite. You've made a difference to my palette. Aging gracefully. Thank you so much 💓
My mother was Sicilian, but she and the whole family decided to go to Brazil, to the city of São Paulo, where I was born. My mother was an excellent cook, we even thought about opening a restaurant in Brazil, but unfortunately she became ill. Our house was more Italian than Brazilian, and watching your videos, I remembered the wonderful childhood I lived. I loved the channel!
This is exactly the way to make eggplant. I love how you keep repeating how you don't want anything to take away from taste of the eggplant. So important. I grow my own. Beautiful eggplants 🍆
Lisa, I can confirm that it is indeed wonderful. My Nonna, Zia and my mama were all incredible cooks. RU-vid is a great way of sharing those recipes that have been perfected by women who always cook everything with great love and care.
Fortunately, eggplant is not a seasonal vegetable, so, we can enjoy it anytime! PupCake the Toy Poodle and Pom Pom the Standard Poodle are our beloved Granddogs, and they are marvelous compagnions and playmates to our whole family!
Thank you Nonna Giovanna! Your video brought me back to my childhood when my Nonna used to make eggplant for us. I could remember just how amazing the kitchen would smell!
@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Yes yes Giovanna! I am lucky to have been born with a really developed sense of smell and I thus avoided some small domestic disasters in my childhood 😂. I was the 1st one, in the family, to detect suspicious smells in the kitchen for example 😅. Of course my olfactory memory is linked to many emotions who last all the life long, and even at 60 years old, I can be surprised by a new rising memory! Kisses from France! 🇨🇵❤
I am so thankful to Francesca for introducing us to you via RU-vid. I discovered your channel today and can’t wait to cook the recipes for my italian boyfriend and his relatives. You and Howard seem to have a beautiful relationship. What a blessing to have such a beautiful couple as grandparents. For me a good cook is an artist, so no wonder you are so good at it. Can’t wait to watch all the videos. Thank you for sharing those precious recipes with us 💛✨
What a lovely video! Howard did such a lovely job cooking up the eggplant, and it's so sweet to see you both in the kitchen and then enjoying your delicious meal. I've never made this dish before and I appreciate your excellent tutorial on how to. I'll be trying this. Thank you.
Absolutely delicious! My mother's family came from Polizzi Generosa in the center of Sicilia and make something similar but just like this: fry the eggplant as you did, layer each layer with tomato sauce, fresh basil leaves and a sprinkling of pecorino romano. Allow to cool and chill in tge refrigerator. This makes a delicious sandwich on crusty Italian bread.
@@oneitalia2312 My maternal side is from Sicily, my paternal side is from Cosenza in Reggio Calabria but I consider myself American of Italian descent. Most of our holiday specialists are handed down from the Sicilian side.
Giovanna - I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago and I’m so happy I did. I’ve watched every video you’ve posted. It’s wonderful watching you cook and tell stories from your life. You’re absolutely lovely and I look forward to making some of these recipes. Hope you continue to post videos. Cheers! John
Magnificent. My Italian grandmother would have loved to have seen people still cooking like this. I will make this in her (Lucy) and Josephine’s honor. Ciao bella!
Dear John, I know that many of our Nonni and Nonne didn't leave written recipies, so it's been my pleasure to pass our traditional cuisine to as many people as possible! RU-vid is a remarkable vehicle for that purpose!
This is so wholesome and sweet. And I can feel your passion for your culture and for cooking. It feels like learning to cook from my grandma. Unfortunately, my grandma has already passed. But, I treasure things like this that give me a boost of serotonin. This is a new favorite channel of mine, I can already tell. Subscribed and hope to see more! Cute poodle, also. 😊 One thing I'd like to add, is salt actually counters the taste of bitterness. So, it would be good to reapply it to counteract any remaining astringent qualities. It's the same reason bartenders often rim the glasses of certain cocktails. It cuts the sharp bitterness of the ethanol. It also acts to naturally enhance the flavors of whatever it is on. But, you could probably just use regular table salt for these purposes. Kosher could be too coarse in the final product. Also, I love how it is actually a savory dish, but when I saw the thumbnail it looked like chocolate cake. I don't know how you coaxed that color out, but it is stunning!
I don’t peel the eggplant, and that accounts for the richness of the color. Salt is the best flavor enhancer and I use coarse Kosher salt because I measure it with my fingers. Then, serving this particular dish in a footed cake platter makes a super-de- Luxe presentation!
I tried to make this kind of simple sauce before but never came out right. I tried this sauce today and taste so delicious! Simple but the best sauce I ever tasted. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. 😊💕
Giovanna, you are amazing! The memories come flooding back to me! You make me smile, and you also make my eyes well up with tears. You are truly a treasure to not only your family, but to your subscribers as well.. God bless you,!
Thanks for sharing the recipes and stories from your childhood in Sicily and your life and family in America. I have watched many of your RU-vid videos and each one leaves me smiling. I recently purchased the illustrated version of your cookbook, Sicilian Feasts, and I cannot wait to try some of your recipes. I hope you will keep making videos as you are truly a gem!
What a beautiful video and a fantastic recipe. Definitely going to give it a try! You weren't kidding about keeping your frittatta pan in good condition. Despite its age, it looked pristine!
Ms Giovanna, it’s a delight to find your channel. I used to live right in that area and I’m often homesick. While I myself am not Italian, I often find myself looking for Italian stores or community here in Los Angeles. Your channel came in through the RU-vid Gods. I am really enjoying the simple joy of Italian cooking. Thank you 💚🤍❤️
Greetings from the west of Ireland...I am so looking forward to your up and coming vlogs...I am totally addicted and you are an amazing talented lady..❤
Miss Noona I could listen to your instructions All Day. I never thought you would get all that eggplant into your Frittata pan. How wonderful this recipe is! I will cettsinly try it asThis is my favorite Italian food. Very healthful and versatile a you pointed out Thank you both so much for Sharing Miss Josephines lovely recipe with Us! Much love from South Carolina , America!🙏❤️💚🤍👍
Just discovered you this week. I ordered your cookbook and decided the first thing I would make was the Rabbit/Chicken Stew with capers and vinegar (I did chicken). My Grandmother was from Augusta and I never remember her leaving the kitchen while I grew up in her home near Boston. She used to make a stew that sounded similar so I decided "why not?" Now I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes remembering her kitchen while I eat a whole bowl. Thank you so much for that.
Un'altra ricetta meravigliosa! La fantastica padella da frittata frutto dell'ingegno italiano. E poi Howard: semplicemente perfetto! Complimenti ancora a Francesca per la regia e il montaggio. Buon appetito Giovanni
Please, please consider doing a tour of your beautiful kitchen for us. What are your must have items ? You always come up with useful gadgets - the laundry sprinkler, a crinkle cutter for potatoes, a Tupperware jello mold, etc. 💕 Thank you.
Thank you so much for the recipes. It is so heartwarming 💕 to watch you detailings the tips and precautions , taking care not to over cook , not to over salt, etc. Plus love your double pans and cake plate. They were so well made and very beautifully crafted. No way we can purchase such quality any more. ❤
I adore eggplant and when I fry it, I usually eat most of it just plain fried so I get the yummy flavor. This is my first time watching you and I'm thrilled that it is 'plain' eggplant and can't wait to try this dish. Thank you so much. I will have to take some time and go back through your videos so I can see what all I've missed.
My mother came from Italy after WW2 and also made her eggplant the same way except she baked hers. So delicious. My prized possessions from her kitchen are her handwritten recipes a few pans and her rolling pin. She was a wonderful cook and a kind lady. I miss her so. Grazie.
What a lovely way to present fried eggplant. I appreciate your mention that cooking uses all senses. Learning to smell and listen to food as it cooks is such an important skill, so much more useful than relying blindly on an arbitrary time. You are an excellent teacher. I also love that you have your pan, still in good condition after five decades. It is depressing to watch people using non stick pans over very high heat, then saying that non stick doesn’t last! So happy to have stumbled upon your channel!
@11:52..”This is my pan, and nobody is allowed to touch it.”🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 PURE JOY!! Just found your channel. Exploding with happiness watching, learning and laughing with you Giovanna. Brava!!! ❤ Love the color green in your cucina, the kitchen Madonna on the wall, and the guest appearance of your beloved Howard and dog!😊😊😊
Thank you very much for the class! The teaching has been delivered in a very clear, ditales oriented manner! Enjoyable to watching you, ma-am, and your family! 🌹🙏🌹
This is the most simple and wonderful recipe I've ever seen online. Love the music also. Im half Italian and love Italian food, but espicially eggplant! Thank you so much!
Excellence at its best. I had just bought three medium eggplant. This video came very handy. I love the way you explain , I love your assistant I love your puppy! I love every bit of this video, you are such an amazing teacher, your vibe is very strong! I am definitely another follower. First time I see your video and I couldn’t resist subscribing!
Wow... I just came across this video and channel... I teared up... Tears of emotions and full of joy... That's what food is all about... A mix of Love, emotions, relationships, history and a great recipe!
I'm so glad that you talked about Josephine and dedicating this to her I know what it's like to have a lifelong friend and then lose them and I too have her recipes so God bless you and all you do
The store of where and when you bought your pan is so Precious. And having it for 50+years is amazing. This dish looks delicious ❤ Simple and delicious ❤
Found your channel this week while stuck at home with the flu, and it has made it a whole lot more bearable. I really enjoy learning about authentic Italian cuisine. Warm greetings from Norway!
Watched this video at work in October, came home and told my girlfriend about it and at Christmas I opened a wonderful nonstick frittata pan. Now it’s January and we are watching this video and making the layered eggplant. ¡Mangiamo!
Thank you Giovanna, I just love the way you make egg plant Parmigiano. That pan of yours, is so great, for all Sicilian recipes. Thank you for your husband's, help he did an excellent job frying that egg plant. Loved this recipe.
I forgot how I winded up here, but here I'll stay and watch, and learn. When you started to peel garlic the way my grandmother taught me back in the day, I was hooked. Grazie!
I made this for my family tonight and they absolutely LOVED IT!!!! I usually make the standard kind, but this thin sliced melted like butter in our mouth! Thank you for sharing this with us!
I enjoyed your complete presentation , your home,music,husband helping, puppy in the background, your voice, Josephine's story, and the warm feeling of love. I appitite Melanzana N’caciata. Thank you again ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dear Giovanna, I made this delicious dish with my daughter and it was enjoyed by our whole family. Many thanks to you and your life and cooking companion. Lots of love from Australia xx PS Tackling your Arancini today. Wish me luck!
I just bought myself a double pan and then I came across this channel! I'll be making this using my double pan. Such a great recipe. Can't wait to make it!
I really appreciate your gentle and warm presentation. I subscribed to your channel when you said you use chopsticks when gardening. I use chopsticks for so many things. In addition to gardening, I especially use them for my arts and crafts. They are good for mixing paint and other 'dirty' things. I just throw them away when finished. Along with disposable chopsticks, I make good use of paper cups for making dips or marinades, mixing things and more. I love your videos. ❤️❤️❤️
Mam you have such a lovely home you are so very blessed and I so wish I had my grandma or my Mama back I miss them so much. I am subscribing to your channel now. I grew up on a farm and we grew eggplant and Mama would cook them and they were so so good. You’re such a great cook! God Bless you.
Once at the mercato centrale (Rome) there was a Nona selling fried eggplant just like yours and it was delicious, thank you very much for your recipe. Subscribed!
I have done the same technique as Josephine turn it and place it to a plate and return it to the frying pan. Thank you for the delicious recipe of layered eggplant. ⭐️💕
