CiaoDC Chats with Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich on her new Memoir and PBS Special!

CiaoDC Publisher and Host, Alyssa Ciccone chats with Emmy-Award winning Chef/Author Lidia Giuliana Mattichio Bastianich.  Lidia discusses her struggle as an immigrant, her journey of building an Italian food empire, the importance of the family, the sacredness of the dinner table, and, finally, rediscovering America through food!  For full podcast, listen here.

PBS Special: Lidia Celebrates America , A Heartland Holiday Feast will debut on December 18th on PBS. For more information click here.  Her new memoir, My American Dream, A Life of Love, Family and Food is in bookstores now!  See more information here.

"Being Italian is all about family....and the dinner table is a very special place."
-Lidia Bastianich