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    Lidia Bastianich Looks Back on Her Roots

    Lidia Bastianich is an Emmy Award-winning television personality, entrepreneur and author of many books on Italian cooking. She shares some of the early stories and memories from her extensive career.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Dec 18, 2015 • 1 min read

    Lidia Bastianich is an Emmy Award-winning television personality, entrepreneur and author of many books on Italian cooking. She shares some of the early stories and memories from her extensive career. Her latest cookbook, which she cowrote with daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali, is Lidia’s Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Great Italian Cook.

    We've got a recipe for her Meatballs with Eggplant on the Good Food blog.

    Music: "Fragments" by Autamata

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    2. 11:01At Age 80, Jacques Pépin Reflects on a Lifetime in the Kitchen
    3. 20:00Feel Good Food with Nigella Lawson
    4. 27:14Lidia Bastianich Looks Back on Her RootsYou’re reading this
    5. 35:26Ruth Reichl's Kitchen Sanctuary
    6. 44:23Jonathan Gold Reviews Seafood Palace
    7. 50:27Market Report
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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    The full episode

    4 of 7
    Jacques Pépin at 80, Madhur Jaffrey Goes Veg, Ruth Reichl
    1. 0:38The Godmother of Indian Cooking Goes Vegetarian
    2. 11:01At Age 80, Jacques Pépin Reflects on a Lifetime in the Kitchen
    3. 20:00Feel Good Food with Nigella Lawson
    4. 27:14Lidia Bastianich Looks Back on Her RootsYou’re reading this
    5. 35:26Ruth Reichl's Kitchen Sanctuary
    6. 44:23Jonathan Gold Reviews Seafood Palace
    7. 50:27Market Report
    Back to Good Food