The art of Italian home cooking with Lidia Bastianich
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
When PBS first asked Italian chef Lidia Bastianich to cook for a television audience, she had one condition: She wanted them to film in her actual kitchen. A quarter century later, Bastianich is still inviting viewers into her home.
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| 0:46.0 | Pasta, pasta, pasta. |
| 0:49.0 | She's a familiar face to millions of Americans. |
| 0:52.0 | Please welcome Lydia. |
| 0:54.8 | I want to invite you. |
| 0:55.8 | Lydia's like Madonna. |
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| 0:59.1 | Action. |
| 1:00.1 | An icon of Italian food. |
| 1:02.4 | Lydia became. That icon. an icon of Italian food. Lydia Bostianich is celebrating 25 years of cooking on public television. |
| 1:10.4 | The Italian celebrity chef, restaurant tour, and award-winning cookbook author has merged food and family to create a wildly successful empire. |
| 1:20.0 | But the road to success hasn't been an easy one for Bastionich. |
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