Lidia Celebrates America: Overcoming The Odds
S2021 E2 | 55m45s
In this hour-long Lidia Celebrates America special, Lidia travels from big cities to…
About the Show
CHANGEMAKERS
PREMIERES NOV 26, 9/8C. Follow Lidia across America meeting chefs, farmers, and entrepreneurs who are hard at work trying to change, not only what is available, but the way Americans see and think about food in the future.Lidia is intent on getting out the critical message that we need to be more adventurous in terms of what we’re willing to eat and mindful of the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, transport, and package it. “We need to take…
PREMIERES NOV 26, 9/8C.
Follow Lidia across America meeting chefs, farmers, and entrepreneurs who are hard at work trying to change, not only what is available, but the way Americans see and think about food in the future.
Lidia is intent on getting out the critical message that we need to be more adventurous in terms of what we’re willing to eat and mindful of the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, transport, and package it. “We need to take steps toward ensuring a more secure food future for everyone, and we need to do it now.”
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RecipeRocky Mashed Potatoes & String Beans
In her special, “Lidia Celebrates America: Changemakers,”, Lidia meets Nicole Steele, who works to improve access to healthy foods in…
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Recipe
Pasta Mixed with Fresh Mushrooms (Pasta con Funghi Misti)
In her special, “Lidia Celebrates America: Changemakers,”, Lidia meets Nicole Steele, who works to improve access to healthy foods in…
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Side Dish
Marinated Winter Squash with Sage
Squash is a vegetable much used in the Italian cuisine, for soups, for pasta fillings, risottos and baked, grilled or roasted as vegetable…
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Dessert
Corn and Walnut Cake (Torta di Grano e Noci)
Lidia’s cornmeal and walnut cake recipe is from Lidia's Italy. Cornmeal was a staple in Lidia’s childhood in Italy. "I recall this simple…
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How to Watch Lidia Celebrates America
Lidia Celebrates America is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
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Meet the Host
Lidia Bastianich
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling cookbook author, successful restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Most importantly, she has accomplished all of this by marrying her two passions in life—her family and food—to create multiple culinary endeavors alongside her two children, Joseph and Tanya.
