Lidia Celebrates America: Overcoming The Odds
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In this hour-long Lidia Celebrates America special, Lidia travels from big cities to…
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In this hour-long Lidia Celebrates America special, Lidia travels from big cities to…
55m46s
Chef and Italian immigrant Lidia Bastianich shares stories of first, second and…
S1 E1 | 11m28s
To accompany her latest special, Lidia also hosts a series of short cooking videos. Each…
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To accompany her latest special, Lidia also hosts a series of short cooking videos. Each…
Beloved chef and Italian immigrant, Lidia Bastianich, travels from big cities to small towns in America to share the inspiring stories of first, second, and third-generation Americans forging their own way, and shaping the shifting definition of what it means to be an American.
As America grows more diverse than ever before, immigrants must figure out how much of their culture to keep and what to leave behind, and many are more openly sharing their heritage with a new country they now call home.
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Stream Lidia Celebrates America on pbs.org. Download the PBS App Check Your Local Listings for Broadcast SchedulesLidia 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.