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For Lidia Bastianich, taking care of people is second nature. While on set of her PEOPLE photo shoot (on newsstands Friday), a sanitation truck passes by the chef’s sprawling home in Queens, and the driver honks the horn to say hello. “They’re nice to me because I feed them,” says Bastianich, 76, who makes to-go packages for the workers to eat on t...

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Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich will be in Rhode Island on Saturday, Oct. 7, at Dave’s Fresh Marketplace, 1000 Division St., East Greenwich. She will sign her latest cookbook, “Lidia’s From Our Family Table To Yours” starting at 11 a.m. The price of the book is $20, a savings of $15 from the cover price, while supplies last. Books must be purchased...

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Reserve your spot now and meet the beloved, Emmy-winning TV chef, best-selling author, and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich in person at a special event hosted by the Bayside Historical Society on Thursday, June 29, at the Castle in Fort Totten. “A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich” (part of the ‘Author Talk at the Castle Series’), will take place fr...

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Who better to ask for olive oil recommendations than restaurateur Lidia Bastianich? With eight cookbooks (and counting!) to her name, the culinary icon has built her career on Italian American recipes like Mussels Triestina or Home-Style Lasagna — both of which require some trusty extra virgin olive oil. It's a given that Bastianich reaches for Ita...

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Senator George Borrello, President of the Conference of Italian-American State Legislators, has announced that celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich, the Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling author and restaurateur, will be a 2023 Italian-American of the Year honoree for this year’s Italian-American Day on Monday, May 22. The annual ev...

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The Museo Italo Americano hosted a private preview reception for its new exhibition entitled “BRAVO: Celebrating San Francisco Opera, Its Italian Roots and Legacy” on April 20th, 2023 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The prestigious San Francisco Opera company, one of our nation’s largest and most admired, was founded by Italian Americans a c...

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The TASTE AWARDS are pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the Andrew Zimmern Discovery Award. THE ANDREW ZIMMERN DISCOVERY AWARD honors the mission to discover new cultures, new flavors, or new talent. The inaugural winners of this new award were Andrew Zimmern and Tyler Florence. This year’s winner, based on years of contributions to culin...

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Lidia Bastianich has been welcoming people to her table on PBS for 25 years with the same call-out: "Tutti a tavola mangiare," which is Italian for "Everyone to the table to eat!" It's more than a catch phrase, it's her governing principle. Throughout her storied career, she has been fueled by a passion for simple, home-cooked meals, shared with fa...

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We've all been there, standing in the pasta aisle at the grocery store with a seemingly endless array of pasta options to accompany our favorite jarred (or homemade for those overachievers) pasta sauce. One of life's greatest pleasures is pasta night, so it's no wonder that when it comes to selecting which type of pasta to buy we could use a little...

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Mark your calendars! Beloved Chef Lidia Bastianich is coming to Eataly Silicon Valley. Join us for a special book signing on Saturday, October 22 from 4pm-5:30pm plus an intimate dining experience at La Pizza & La Pasta afterwards from 6pm-8pm with Chef Lidia to celebrate the best of her recipes! Emmy Award-winning chef, cookbook author, restaurate...

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