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25 Years With Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
A look at the life of chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich both on and off the screen as she celebrates 25 years on public television.
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Matt Roush says...
TV chef Lidia Bastianich looks back at her remarkable journey from immigration from what is now Croatia to celebrity as a cooking-show host and bestselling author in a savory biographical portrait. She began her quarter-century career in public TV (Lidia’s Kitchen, Lidia Celebrates America) after being invited on Julia Child’s The French Chef, and in the special’s finale, she prepares a meal at her family-owned Manhattan restaurant Becco for guests including Jacques Pépin and Christopher Walker, whose parents’ bakery in Queen gave Lidia an entry-level job as a teen in Queens.
