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Lidia Celebrates America
Lidia Celebrates America: A Heartland Holiday Feast
In her latest documentary special A Heartland Holiday Feast, Lidia Bastianich takes viewers on a cross-country journey. She explores how Americans representing diverse heritages are both preserving their own culinary traditions and transforming local cuisine. The people she meets in these small rural towns provide inspiration for a magnificent celebratory meal.
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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!