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Lidia Celebrates America

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.

Lidia Cooks Mussels Triestina

9m 24s

To accompany her latest special, Lidia also hosts a series of short cooking videos. Each reflects her beloved teaching style, mixed with a dash of storytelling. Today Lidia is in her kitchen making Mussels Triestina, a simple ten-minute dish that brings up memories of her childhood. Find out Lidia’s tricks of the trade for cooking mussels, things that give the dish her signature style.

Episodes

  • Lidia Cooks Mussels Triestina: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lidia Cooks Mussels Triestina

    S1 E3 - 9m 24s

    To accompany her latest special, Lidia also hosts a series of short cooking videos. Each reflects her beloved teaching style, mixed with a dash of storytelling. Today Lidia is in her kitchen making Mussels Triestina, a simple ten-minute dish that brings up memories of her childhood. Find out Lidia’s tricks of the trade for cooking mussels, things that give the dish her signature style.

  • Julia Child’s Favorite Mushroom Risotto: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Julia Child’s Favorite Mushroom Risotto

    S1 E2 - 8m 53s

    To accompany her latest special, Lidia also hosts a series of short cooking videos. Each reflects her beloved teaching style, mixed with a dash of storytelling. Watch Lidia make Mushroom Risotto, while telling the story of opening her first restaurant, Felidia, as young woman. Hear what happened when Julia Child and James Beard came in to the restaurant asking specifically for the Risotto.

  • Making Eggs Jeannette with Jacques Pépin: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Making Eggs Jeannette with Jacques Pépin

    S1 E1 - 11m 28s

    To accompany her latest special, Lidia also hosts a series of short cooking videos. Each reflects her beloved teaching style, mixed with a dash of storytelling. In this one, Lidia has her friend, and celebrated chef, Jacques Pépin in the kitchen! Watch them reminisce as they whip up one of Jacques favorite family favorites, ‘Eggs Jeannette,’ a stuffed egg recipe which he named after his mother.

Extras + Features

  • Home For the Holidays: Marcus Samuelsson: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Home For the Holidays: Marcus Samuelsson

    1m 43s

    Born in Ethiopia, Marcus Samuelsson is a Swedish-raised chef and restaurateur. Her, he talks about what signifies Christmas for him, and why. Then he takes his friend Lidia Bastianich to his restaurant, Red Rooster, in Harlem, New York, where they cook up some Swedish meatballs.

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    Home for the Holidays: Conversation About America

    1m 44s

    Set against a backdrop in which they share a deliciously diverse dinner, Lidia Bastianich's celebrity guests talk about what makes America the land of opportunity, and their dreams of making it in this country. The the meal represents the melting pot of flavors that are all part of celebrating Christmas in New York.

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    Home For the Holidays: Carlo Ponti

    2m 53s

    Growing up, cooking was always a part of daily life for Carlo Ponti Jr. His mother, Sophia Loren, was a skilled cook, and the author of several cook books, while Sophia’s mother and sister were also fantastic cooks. Here, Lidia Bastianich and Carlo make pasta together in honor of his mother. Carlo Ponti Jr, is a former actor, now award winning conductor.

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    Home For the Holidays: Padma Lakshmi

    1m 45s

    American cookbook author, actress, model, television host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi is a food lover and a friend of Lidia Bastianich. She invited Lidia to her birthplace in Chennai, India. In a Chennai marketplace, Padma explains to Lidia why flowers are an important part of Indian culture.

  • Home for the Holidays - Preview : asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Home for the Holidays - Preview

    1m 14s

    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.

  • Home for the Holidays - Short Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Home for the Holidays - Short Preview

    30s

    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.

  • Life's Milestones - Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Life's Milestones - Preview

    1m 37s

    Renowned chef and culinary author Lidia Bastianich continues her engaging cross-country journey – this time sharing with four families special rites of passage marking meaningful moments in life’s journey. Along her travels, Lidia is joined by notable guests, including reporter Nicole Petallides, chef/restaurateur Gabrielle Hamilton, singer Radmilla Cody, and chef Freddie Bitsoie.

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