| | | | Part One |
| 1 | | | Giulianna |
| | Giuliana | | A protagonist. The narrator of the story. |
| | Franco 1 | | Giuliana's brother. |
| | Nonna Rosa | | Giuliana's grandmother. |
| | Lidia | | Giuliana's aunt. |
| | Emilio | | Aunt Lidia's husband. |
| | Erminia | | Giuliana's mother. |
| | Vittorio | | Erminia's husband. |
| | Lidia-Giuliana | | Guiliana's registered name. |
| | Josip Broz | Tito | Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. |
| | Micia | | Giuliana's cat. |
| | Salva Postuma | Sergii | The wife of the aforementioned Lepidus. |
| | Antonio | Matticchio | Giuliana's paternal grandfather. |
| | Maria 1 | | Vittorio's ex-girlfriend. |
| | Francesca | | Vittorio's mother. |
| | Giovanni | | Giuliana's maternal grandfather. |
| 2 | | | Life In Busoler |
| | Maria 2 | | One of Giovanni's sisters. aka: Santola. |
| | Matteo | | Giovanni's cousin. |
| | Teodora | | Matteo's wife, aka: Toda. |
| | Renato | | Matteo and Toda's son. |
| 4 | | | By The Sea |
| | Miles | | One of Giuliana's grandsons. |
| | Ethan | | One of Giuliana's grandsons. |
| | Lorenzo | | One of Giuliana's grandsons. |
| | Julia | | One of Giuliana's granddaughters. |
| | Olivia | | One of Giuliana's granddaughters. |
| 5 | | | Safety In The Courtyard |
| | Giovanna | | Grandma Rosa's neighbor. |
| | Benito | Mussolini | Former Prime Minister of Italy. |
| | Silvia | | One of Giuliana's friends. |
| | Lilliana | | One of Giuliana's friends. |
| | Nina | | Giuliana's great-aunt. |
| | Ferruccio | | Nina's son. |
| | Giovanni | Benussi | One of the principals in a shipbuilding company. |
| | Nicola | Rapetti | Nina's husband. |
| | Corrado | | Rapetti's son. |
| 6 | | | Midnight Visitor |
| | Elizabeth | Taylor | British-American actress. |
| | Richard | Burton | Welsh actor. |
| | Sophia | Loren | Italian actress. |
| | Vladimir | Lenin | Russian politician, communist theorist, founder of the Soviet Union. |
| | Joseph | Stalin | Secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| | Haile | Selassie | Emperor of Ethiopia. |
| | Gamal Abdel | Nasser | Second president of Egypt. |
| | Nikita | Khrushchev | First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| | Jawaharlal | Nehru | Indian lawyer. First Prime Minister of India. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 7 | | | A New Chapter Begins |
| | La Professoressa | | Zia Nina's elderly tenant. |
| | Elda | | Corrado's girlfriend. |
| | James | Joyce | Irish novelist and poet. |
| | Ernesto | Illy | The one who developed the modern espresso machine. |
| 9 | | | "Profughi" |
| | Sonia | | Aunt Lidia's daughter. |
| 10 | | | Finding My Spirituality |
| | Anna | | Nonna Rosa's older sister. |
| | Signora | Ferro | A well-to-do coffee merchant. |
| | Paola | Leonori | Erminia's new acquaintance. |
| | Guido | | One of Signora Leonori's sons. |
| | Giuseppe 1 | | One of Signora Leonori's sons. |
| | Gabriele | | One of Signora Leonori's sons. |
| | Lidia | de Grandis | A nun. Giuliana's favorite teacher. |
| 11 | | | Taking Flight |
| | Christopher | Columbus | Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. |
| | Lidia | Bosazzi | Erminia's cousin. |
| | Joseph | | Giuliana's son. aka: Joe. |
| | | | Part Three |
| 12 | | | Hotel Wolcott |
| | Fiorello | La Guardia | Served as the 99th Mayor of New York City. |
| 13 | | | A Kitchen With A View |
| | Paola | del Conte | A seamstress. |
| | Carmela | | A forewoman. |
| 14 | | | Bobby Socks, Saddle Shoes, and Poodle Skirts |
| | Louis | Matticchio | Vittorio's cousin. |
| | Marie | | Louis' wife. |
| | Diana | | Louis and Marie's daughter. |
| | Elvis | Presley | American singer and actor. |
| | Frankie | Avalon | American actor and singer. |
| 15 | | | Shoofly Pie And Succotash |
| | Paola | Franceschini | Erminia's friend. |
| | Wanda | Radetti | Giuliana's friend. |
| | Giorgio | | Wanda's brother. |
| | Graziella | | Wanda's friend. |
| | Stella | | One of Anna's daughters. |
| | Olga | | One of Anna's daughters. |
| | Mary | | One of Anna's daughters. |
| | Betty | | One of Anna's daughters. |
| | Mario | | One of Anna's sons. |
| | Johnny | | One of Anna's sons. |
| 16 | | | America The Beautiful |
| | Josie | | The store manager. |
| | Paul | Walken | A great baker. Owner of the Walken's Bakery. |
| | Rosalie | | Paul Walken's wife. |
| | Ken | | One of Mr. Walken's sons. |
| | Christopher | | One of Mr. Walken's sons. |
| | Glenn | | One of Mr. Walken's sons. |
| | Liza | Minnelli | American actress and singer. |
| | Leontyne | Price | American soprano. |
| | Franco | Corelli | Italian operatic tenor. |
| | Elizabeth | Blackwell | The first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. |
| | Felice | Bastianich | Giuliani's husband. |
| | Sidney R. | Feuer | US District Clerk of Court. |
| | | | Part Four |
| 17 | | | Finding Home |
| | Angelica | Caballi | Felice's father's sister. |
| | Dante | | Felice's friend. |
| | Tanya | | Giuliana's daughter. |
| | Milka | | Felice's mother. |
| | Giuseppe 2 | | Felice's father. |
| | Caterina | | Felice's grandmother. |
| | Mia | | Felice's grandfather. |
| | Jolanda | | Felice's sister. |
| | Franco 2 | | One of Vittorio's brothers. |
| | Tonino | | One of Vittorio's brothers. |
| 18 | | | Taking A Chance |
| | Louisa | Leone | Founder of Mamma Leone's restaurant. |
| | Enrico | Caruso | Italian operatic tenor. |
| | Bette | Midler | American singer-songwriter. |
| | Pete | | A chef. |
| | Carlo | Ponti Jr. | Sophia Loren's son. |
| | Maria Manetti | Shrem | A philanthropist. |
| | Jan | | Maria Manetti's husband. |
| | Robert | Mondavi | Napa Valley winemaker. |
| | Margrit | Mondavi | Robert Mondavi's wife. |
| | Romilda | Villani | Sophia Loren's mother. |
| | Ricardo | Scicolone | A construction engineer. Sophia Loren's father. |
| | Anna | Maria | Sophia Loren's sister. |
| | Carlo | Ponti | Sophia Loren's husband. |
| | Margaret | O'Donoghue | Franco's wife. |
| | Paul | | One of Franco and Margaret's sons. |
| | Eric | | One of Franco and Margaret's sons. |
| | Estelle | | Franco and Margaret's daughter. |
| | Sofia | | One of Franco and Margaret's grandchildren. |
| | Adrian | | One of Franco and Margaret's grandchildren. |
| | Desmond | | One of Franco and Margaret's grandchildren. |
| | Ruby | | One of Franco and Margaret's grandchildren. |
| 19 | | | Villa Secondo |
| | Dr. | Stein | A pediatrician. |
| | Carlo | Sivocci | Felice and Giuliana's friend. |
| | Gualtiero | Marchesi | Italian chef. |
| | Enrico | Cerea | A great Italian chef. |
| | Roberto | Cerea | Enrico's brother. An Italian chef. |
| | Ernesto | Iaccarino | One of the great Italian chefs. |
| | Mauro | Uliassi | One of the great Italian chefs. |
| | Aimo | Moroni | One of the chefs from Milan. |
| | Nadia | Moroni | One of the chefs from Milan. |
| | Marchesi | Antinori Srl | Italian wine company. |
| | Livio | Felluga | The man who re-established Friuli's winemaking heritage. |
| | Angelo | Gaja | An Italian wine producer from the Piemonte region. |
| | Bruno | Ceretto | One of a great wine producers. |
| | Bruno | Giacosa | Italian wine producer. |
| | Donatella C. | Colombini | A wine producer based in Tuscany. |
| | Marco | De Bartoli | One of a great wine producers. |
| | Vietti | | Produces wines, all made from the indigenous grape varieties. |
| | Lou | Iacucci | An aficionado of Italian wines. |
| | Rosa | Gatto | Giuliana's friend. |
| | Luisa | | A TV host. |
| | Tom | Penn | Irving Penn's son. |
| | Irving | Penn | American photographer and photojournalist. |
| | | | Part Five |
| 20 | | | Building Felidia |
| | Antonio | Morello | One of the New York architects who designed Felidia's restaurant. |
| | Donato | Savoie | One of the New York architects who designed Felidia's restaurant. |
| | Christina | | Franco and Margaret's first child. |
| | Angelo | Vivolo | Owner of Vivolo restaurant. |
| 21 | | | Grand Opening |
| | Edgar | Torres | One of the chefs at Felidia. |
| | Mimi | Sheraton | A food critic. |
| | Jay | Jacobs | A food writer. |
| | Sam | Perros | A bartender. |
| 22 | | | Table For Two |
| | Dante | Laurenti | An extraordinary cook. |
| | Nino | Laurenti | Dante's brother. A cook. |
| | Albert | Giambelli | Francesco's brother. |
| | Francesco | Giambelli | Owner of the iconic Giambelli's Ristorante. |
| | Julia | Child | An American cooking teacher, author, and television personality. |
| | James | Beard | An American chef, cookbook author, teacher and TV personality. |
| | Paul | | Julia Child's husband. |
| | Gypsy | | A dog. |
| | Appy | | A cat. |
| | Giovanni | Bencina | Erminia's new friend. |
| 23 | | | Feeding Others = Feeding Me |
| | Daniel | Boulud | French chef. |
| | Jean-Georges | Vongerichten | French chef. |
| | André | Soltner | An internationally recognized French chef and author. |
| | Éric | Ripert | French chef, author and television personality. |
| | Jacques | Pépin | French-born American chef, author, culinary, educator and artist. |
| | Thomas | Keller | American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. |
| | Alice | Waters | American chef, activist and author. |
| | Mary Sue | Milliken | American chef, restaurateur, cookbook author. |
| | Traci | Des Jardins | American chef and restaurateur. |
| | Susan | Feniger | American chef, restaurateur, cookbook author. |
| | Barbara | Lynch | American restaurateur. |
| | Gale | Gand | American pastry chef, cookbook author. |
| | Nancy | Silverton | American chef, baker, and author. |
| | Emily | Luchetti | American pastry chef. |
| | Henny | Santo | The wife of one of the owners of Sign of the Dove. |
| | Édith | Piaf | A French singer. |
| | Eldo | di Lazzaro | Italian composer. |
| | Barbara | Tropp | American orientalist, chef, restaurateur, and food writer. |
| | Barbara | Lazaroff | American restaurateur and philanthropist. |
| | Elka | Gilmore | American chef. |
| | Johanne | Killeen | A chef, owner of Al Forno Restaurant. |
| | Joyce | Goldstein | American chef. |
| | Anne | Rosenzweig | A great chef. |
| | Carol | Brock | A food writer. |
| | Auguste | Escoffier | French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer. |
| | Marcella | Hazan | Italian-born American cookbook author. |
| | Marion | Cunningham | American cookbook author. |
| | Edna | Lewis | American chef, teacher, and author. |
| | Dan | Swinney | Executive chef at Lidia's Kansa's City Restaurant. |
| | Giuseppe | Vitale | An immigrant who had good Italian and Italian American palate. |
| | William | Gallagher | Worked in Italian restaurants. |
| | Deanna | Damiano | Joe's wife. |
| | Frank T. | Kennedy | A priest who presided Joe and Deanna's wedding ceremony. |
| | Joe | Friel | A chef. |
| | Paul | Nicaj | One of a catering managers. |
| | Eugene | Prior | Presided Tanya and Corrado's nuptial. |
| | Clara Jessup | Heyland | An American heiress from Philadelphia. |
| | Adele | Taylor | Served as president and CEO of the American Academy. |
| 24 | | | Nonna Lidia |
| | Luigi | Caputo | Giuliana's friend. A chef. |
| | Fortunato | Nicotra | Giuliana's new acquaintance. A chef. |
| | Billy | Gallagher | South African chef. |
| | Dan | Sweeney | A chef. |
| | Cody | Hogan | The Chef de Cuisine of Lidia's Kansas City restaurant. |
| | Melissa | Rodriguez | A chef at Del Posto |
| | Ruth | Reichl | American food writer. |
| | Shelly | Burgess | Giuliana's assistant at Felidia. |
| | Alex | | One of Fortunato and Shelly's children. |
| | Julia | | One of Fortunato and Shelly's children. |
| | Luca | | One of Fortunato and Shelly's children. |
| | Geoffrey | Drummond | The producer of Julia Child's Master Chefs series. |
| | Nat | Katzman | The show's director. |
| | William | Morrow | An award-winning author. |
| | Alfred | Knopf | Founder of American publishing house. |
| | Amy | Stevenson | A culinary producer. |
| | Tom | Clark | The owner and CEO of the Clarke Kitchen showroom. |
| | Mario | Batali | A chef. |
| | Mark | Ladner | A chef. |
| | David | Pasternack | A chef. |
| | Bruno | Vesnaver | Giuliana's new acquaintance. |
| 25 | | | Reflections |
| | Benedict XVI | | Pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. |
| | Audrey | Hepburn | British-Dutch actress. |
| | Gregory | Peck | American actor. |
| | Isabella | Rossellini | Italian actress and filmmaker. |
| | Celestino | Migliore | Italian Archbishop. |
| | Hugh J. | Grant | Served as mayor of New York. |
| | Mrs. | Grant | Hugh's wife. |
| | Biagio | | Salvatore's brother. |
| | Salvatore | Settepani | Owner of Bruno's bakery. |
| | Pope | Francis | The head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City. |
| | Bernardito | Auza | Catholic archbishop. |
| | Silvio | Berlusconi | Former Prime minister of Italy. |
| | George W. | Bush | 43rd president of the United States. |
| | Laura | Bush | Former First Lady of the United States. |
| | Rudy | Giuliani | Former mayor of New York. |
| | Judith | | Giuliani's wife. |
| | Nancy | Pelosi | Speaker of the House. |
| | Paul | | Nancy Pelosi's husband. |
| | Antonin | Scalia | US Supreme Court Justice. |
| | Maureen | | Scalia's wife. |
| | Condoleezza | Rice | Secretary of State. |
| | Frankie | Valli | A musician. |
| | Francesco | | Frankie Vallie's son. |
| | Letizia | Moratti | The mayor of Milan. |
| | Giorgio | Napolitano | 11th President of Italy. |
| | Michelle | Obama | Former First Lady of the United States. |
| | Joan | Nathan | A chef. |
| | Dan | Barber | A chef. |
| | Oscar | Farinetti | Italian businessman and investor. |
| | Carlo | Petrini | Italian activist. |
| | Alex | | Adam's brother. One of Giuliana's business partners. |
| | Adam | Saper | One of Giuliana's business partners. |
| 26 | | | Striking The Balance |
| | Stephen | Katsouros | A Jesuit priest. |
| Epi | | | Return To Campo San Sabba |
| | Luciano | Pavarotti | Italian operatic tenor. |
| | Beverly | Sills | American operatic soprano. |
| | Renée | Fleming | American opera soprano. |
| | Joyce | DiDonato | American opera mezzo-soprano. |
| | Valery | Gergiev | Russian conductor and opera company director. |
| | Leonard | Bernstein | American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. |
| | James | Levine | American conductor and pianist. |
| | Gianandrea | Noseda | Italian conductor. |
| | Zlatko | Perdija | Sonia's husband. A retired naval engineer. |
| | Domenico | | Sonia's son. aka: Dinko. |
