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Chef Lidia Bastianich Reflects on Coming to U.S. for New ‘Lidia Celebrates America’ PBS Special
Chef Lidia Bastianich showcases community kitchens and markets that feed and support immigrants, emphasizing neighborly care and social connection in diverse U.S. locations.
- On Tuesday, Emmy award‑winning Chef Lidia Bastianich hosts Lidia Celebrates America: A Nation of Neighbors on PBS, spotlighting community kitchens and markets like SAME Café, Denver.
- Bastianich says she began the project years ago as a thank‑you to America to highlight neighbors' generosity and to offer a positive counterpoint to depressing news.
- Among the community models are local community kitchens, markets, and exchange-based programs, as highlighted in the special on PBS that Bastianich describes.
- The filming captured communal meals and exchanges as Lidia Bastianich cooked with program participants, documenting food’s role as a respectful cultural connector.
- Drawing on her refugee past, Lidia Bastianich spent two years in a camp and ties her work with Jesuit Refugee Services/USA to raising awareness and supporting immigrants.
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(OSV News) -- Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich knows what it's like to be in a strange land, without a home. OSV News recently spoke with the Italian-American -- who has become famous as a television host, author and restaurateur -- about her own experiences as an Italian immigrant fleeing communism in the former Yugoslavia, and her
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