Affording Food: Agriculture Sec. Rollins & Chef Lidia Bastianich 11/24/25

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani and President Trump met at the Oval Office, Russia-Ukraine peace talks are underway in Geneva, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has teased an announcement from the Trump administration on health care. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discusses rising cost pressures on Americans and addresses concerns about aid for farmers who’ve been hit by tariffs. Plus, chef, restaurateur, TV host, and author Lidia Bastianich is cooking up meals that nourish body and spirit this holiday season. She discusses rising costs for consumers and shares her methods for satisfying moments around the dinner table–including a tip for extra special turkey. Sec. Brooke Rollins - 16:03 Lidia Bastianich - 31:16 In this episode: Brooke Rollins, @SecRollins Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	This is Squawk Pod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.8	Today's episode, Affordability on the table, the Thanksgiving table.
0:14.0	First, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on America's role in the global soybean trade.
0:20.2	And when the Trump administration
0:22.6	will deliver aid to American farmers.
0:25.6	We are looking at the aid right now. We have always said it is to solve for, to mitigate
0:32.6	anything under these new trade negotiations, every day that changes, and that's what we're working. So we'll have an announcement probably in the next week or two.
0:40.2	Then chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Lydia Bostionich.
0:45.7	Thanksgiving may cost less this year compared to last year, but still Americans are feeling
0:51.1	pinched.
0:52.0	Bostionage cooks up cost-conscious nourishment by getting back to basics.
0:56.0	B-seasonary, number one, and use a lot of the kind of legumes, the dry things.
1:03.0	You know, things that I remember my grandmother cooking, you know.
1:07.0	Those conversations plus peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, New York City's mayor-elect
1:13.1	Mumdani in the Oval Office, and Marjorie Taylor Green is resigning.
1:18.0	Wacky is a good word for, it's a weird populist wing of the Republican Party.
1:24.3	It's Monday, November 24th.
1:26.2	The show is like having breakfast just over, it's like Thanksgiving dinner over breakfast.
1:31.3	It just happens to be Thanksgiving week. And Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:35.3	Stand Becky by in three, two, one, cue, please.
1:39.3	Good morning everybody. Welcome to Squackbox right here on CNBC. We're live from the Nasdaq Market Site in Times Square.
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