IAP 12: Lidia Bastianich on cooking as connection to heritage, keeping a family together, and what never to do when cooking pasta

In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Lidia Bastianich, otherwise knows simply as Lidia, Emmy award-winning public television host of "Lidia's Kitchen," bestselling cookbook author, restauranteur, co-owner of the Italian marketplace Eataly, and purveyor of the best-selling artisanal Lidia's pasta and sauce line. Her new book, Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine, is a compendium of techniques, recipes and more, geared to help the home chef become a great Italian chef. Episode Sponsors The National Italian American Foundation NIAF New York City Gala Select Italy