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Lidia Celebrates America
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In this intimate, hour-long documentary special, Lidia celebrates her native Italian holiday traditions, along with the traditions of six celebrity guests. Combining the best of the old and the new, celebrity chef, author and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich shares her culinary customs with the diverse and varied special dishes of her invited dinner companions.
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55:45
Lidia Bastianich meets changemakers intent on re-shaping the future of food in America.

9:24
Today Lidia is making Mussels Triestina, a simple ten-minute dish.

8:53
What happened when Julia Child visited Lidia’s first restaurant and ordered the risotto?

11:28
Lidia has her friend Jacques Pépin in the kitchen and they’re cooking eggs!