Season 6

Valerie Bertinelli helps a brand new Cub Scout – her young nephew, Enzo – earn his cooking badge with some quick and easy dishes.

Valerie Bertinelli finds inspiration wherever she looks, including her local farm stand! Valerie finds ingredients for a Plum Slab Pie, Summer Vegetable Gratin, Spicy Cucumber Calamari Salad with Spiced Yogurt Sauce, and a Boozy Frozen Espresso.

It's that time of year when Valerie Bertinelli is in the zone – the end zone! She's kicking off football season with a touchdown-worthy feast for family and friends.

During a photoshoot for her new cookbook, Valerie Bertinelli invites her photographer, Brian Bowen Smith, over for a menu inspired by his favorite ingredient: tequila!

Valerie Bertinelli has been working nonstop with her book editor, so she makes some seasonal dishes to pay her back for her devotion to the new cookbook.

Valerie Bertinelli has invited her managers, former publicist and lawyer over for a tasting of new recipes and to thank them for all their support while she worked on her new cookbook.

Valerie Bertinelli's husband, Tom, hails from the Midwest and often bemoans the lack of his favorite hearty foods, so Valerie surprises him with some of his Ohio favorites.

Valerie Bertinelli and her cousin look back on their favorite childhood memories of Delaware. Valerie serves a menu of Delaware classics like Steamed Clams with Spicy Garlic Bread, Lump Crab Cakes with Cocktail Remoulade and Sauteed Spinach, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cakes and take-home gifts of Homemade Apple Butter.

Valerie Bertinelli loves classic Thanksgiving dishes, but decides to mix it up by putting new twists on traditional favorites.

Valerie Bertinelli is testing out new ways to sneak veggies into her recipes that kids will absolutely love. When her producer's two little grandsons drop by, she makes Baked Mac and Cheese with Hidden Cauliflower, Jazzed Up Sweet Potato Fries, Spinach and Red Pepper Stuffed Chicken, and Zucchini and Ginger Naked Cake with Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting.

Valerie Bertinelli invites three of her best friends over to celebrate two decades of friendship. She'll serve Hot Spinach and Crab Dip, Grilled Eggplant Parm, Warm Brussels Sprout Salad, Apricot Manhattans and a Cream Cheese Cherry Galette.

Valerie Bertinelli recreates the warm holiday feeling she grew up with – when her mother and aunts traded cookie recipes around the holidays – by hosting a festive cocktail party with cookies and small bites. Joining in on the fun are comic actress Melissa Peterman, Andraia Allsop and Kristen Houser.

Valerie Bertinelli loves the holiday tradition of making tamales, so she's inviting over the best tamale makers she knows: Christy Vega Fowler, Lisa Ashley and Jo Stougaard.