She arrived in New York at the age of 12 in 1958. Half a century later, she’s a cooking icon with five cookbooks, four television series and six restaurants to her name. Bastianich’s most recent PBS ...

The Italian cookbook author, TV show host, and restaurateur came to Denver as part of her focus on volunteers fighting hunger around the country. Chef Lidia Bastianich (center, seated), Carrie Shores ...

Lidia Mattichio Bastianich is one of the best-loved chefs on public television, a best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Her current ...

Lidia Mattichio Bastianich is one of the best-loved chefs on public television, a best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Her current ...

Celebrity chef, television host, author and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich is joining TODAY to share a few of her favorite warming autumn recipes from her newest cookbook, "Lidia's a Pot, a Pan, and a ...

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.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Renowned television host, cookbook author and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich, who has a restaurant in Kansas City, has cooked for not just one Pope, but two. She talked to KSHB 41 ...

Why did Lidia Matticchio Bastianich chose pasta as her first single topic cookbook? Because it's like a hug. Isn't she the wisest woman? "Nothing is more delicious, gratifying, heart-and soul-warming ...

I recently described chef Lidia Bastianich to a colleague as the “first lady of Italian cooking in the United States” — ...