Hi, everyone. You are listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from New Stand Studios at Rockefeller Center. I'm the founder and editor of Cherry Bomb Magazine. Today is the last episode of our sexy Italian summer miniseries. But hey, it's still summer, right? And besides,

you cannot do something called sexy Italian summer and not interview Jada De Laurentis. Jada is such a

superstar and one of my favorite people to talk to. And she has a lot going on right now. She just

celebrated a big birthday and she opened a brand new restaurant outside of Chicago.

In addition to being a restaurateur, Jada is the author of so many great cookbooks, including her latest,

Super Italian, and she's the founder of Jodzzi. Jodzi is so many things. It's a line of Italian food,

including some really amazing pastas that I love.

Plus, it's recipes, travel advice, lots of stuff.

If you love Jada, check it all out at Jodzie.com.

Jada and I talk summertime eats, her wildly popular sheetpan lasagna, I would like some of that right now,

the wisdom that comes with getting older, her thoughts on food television today,

her restaurants, and lots more. Stay tuned for my chat with Jada di Laurentius. This episode of

sexy Italian summer is brought to you by Nonino, the family-owned female-led Italian distillery

that's redefining what's in your glass this summer.

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They were the first to take the grape seeds and skin left from the winemaking process and create

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