Lidia Bastianich is an acclaimed chef, businesswoman and restaurateur known worldwide. Specializing in Italian and Croatian cuisine, she has been a regular contributor to the PBS cooking show lineup since 1998. In 2007, she launched her third TV series, Lidia's Italy.
She also owns four Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her son, winemaster and restaurateur Joseph Bastianich: Felidia and Becco in Manhattan; Lidia's Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Lidia's Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri. Her latest cookbook, Lidia Cooks From the Heart of Italy, offers an array of 175 regional Italian recipes.
Lidia Bastianich appears in the following:
Lidia Bastianach's Memoir of Immigration, Family, and Italian Food
Monday, April 02, 2018
Lidia Bastianich's Holiday Cooking
Friday, December 11, 2015
Lidia Bastianich's New Children's Book Brings Kids Into the Kitchen
Monday, March 02, 2015
Recipe: Lidia Bastianich's Chicken and Potatoes
Monday, March 02, 2015
On-Demand Video: Leonard Lopate Talks with Lidia Bastianich, Andrew Carmellini and David Bouley
Thursday, October 09, 2014
The Greene Space
Lopate and Locavores: Building a Restaurant Empire
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
7:00 PM
Wed, Oct. 8 | WNYC’s Leonard Lopate talks with Lidia Bastianich, Andrew Carmellini and David Bouley. A live video webcast will be available.
Last Chance Foods: How to Pick the Best Italian Olive Oil
Friday, February 07, 2014
Restaurateur Lidia Bastianich explains what you need to know about Italian olive oil. Also, try her recipe for olive oil and rosemary spaghettini.
Last Chance Foods: Lidia's Common Sense Risotto
Friday, October 18, 2013
Lidia Bastianich Celebrates America
Friday, June 28, 2013
Lidia Bastianich discusses her one-hour special, “Lidia Celebrates America: Freedom and Independence.” She and a few celebrity guests travel the country exploring how various cultural groups observe different symbolic events marking independence. She also shares her own personal tale of escaping from behind the Iron Curtain at age 12, outrunning bullets and dogs to cross the border. “Lidia Celebrates America: Freedom and Independence” airs June 28 at 10 pm on PBS.
Lidia Bastianich on Italian Easter Foods
Friday, March 29, 2013
Lidia’s Favorite Recipes
Friday, December 14, 2012
Lidia Bastianich talks about her latest cookbook, Lidia’s Favorite Recipes: 100 Foolproof Italian Dishes, from Basic Sauces to Irresistible Entrees. It’s a gathering of the recipes that have become her go-to meals for her very own family, and the book is a love letter to her fans. She shares recipes for the best, the most comforting, and the most delicious dishes in her repertoire.
Globavores: Tomatoes
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
The first part of Globavores, our 8-week series about the Columbian Exchange, kicks off today with a look at the tomato and its 500- year journey from mesoamerica across the globe. We'll speak with Andrew Smith, culinary historian and author of The Tomato in America and with chef Lidia Bastianich, whose latest cookbook is Lidia's Favorite Recipes.
Recipe: Lidia Bastianich's Spaghetti and Pesto Trapanese
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Italian Chef Lidia Bastianich on Her New Special
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Italian chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich talks about her new PBS special, "Lidia Celebrates America." She celebrates Christmas day at a Mexican American restaurant in San Antonio, dines at a Passover Seder, visits San Francisco during the Chinese New Year and hosts a traditional Italian American dinner on Christmas Eve.
Lidia Bastianich’s Italy in America
Monday, November 21, 2011
Lidia Bastianich talks about visiting Italian American communities around eth country that created something new out of the recipes passed down from their ancestors. Lidia’s Italy in America explores this distinctive cuisine, showing us that every kitchen is different, every Italian community distinct, and little clues are buried in each dish—from the Sicilian-style semolina bread and olives in New Orleans Muffuletta Sandwiches to the Neapolitan crust of New York pizza.
Lidia Bastianich on Christmas Traditions
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich shares the story of the Christmases she used to celebrate in Italy. When Lidia was a child, she spent Christmas with her grandparents, where she learned to cook with her Nonna Rosa, and Nonna Tell Me a Story is a picture book about her Christmas traditions, delicious recipes, and decorating ideas.
Lidia Bastianich and Her Mother
Monday, August 16, 2010
Chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich and her mother, Erminia Motika, talk about Italian food. They’ll speak with Christopher Walken about their shared roots in Astoria, Queens. Lidia Bastianich is the author of many cookbooks, including her most recent book: Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes.
The Greene Space
The Great Lopate Hot Plate Cook-Off
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
7:00 PM
Chefs Jacques Pépin and Michel Nischan go head-to-head in cook-off with only a hot plate and elementary cooking equipment, judged by Lidia Bastianich and complemented with a blind wine tasting with sommelier Aldo Sohm and live performance by the Eroica Trio.
Leonard's Questions: Lidia Bastianich
Monday, December 14, 2009
Lidia Bastianich stopped by The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about the plays and books that have moved her the most!
Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy
Monday, December 14, 2009
Lidia's Italy
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Download sample recipes from Lidia's Italy (PDFs):
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