Lidia Celebrates America

Lidia visits SF’s District 10 Market and cooks fresh frittatas with local community leaders.

Peach and beet salad made simple! Lidia teams up with Kiki and Firas for this colorful, dish.

Lidia brings A Nation of Neighbors volunteers to SAME Café to connect over food and purpose.

Lidia joins No Res Gourmet, where they serve dignity, joy, and hope — one meal at a time.

At Ikoi No Kai, Lidia finds comfort, culture, and Naomi’s Japanese Curry with Chicken Cutlet.

Lidia Bastianich cooks garlic pasta at SAME Café, where meals are earned with time, produce, or pay.

Lidia cooks ‘Ruff Rice’ with Kiki Ruff, sharing tips for confidence and creativity in the kitchen.

Lidia visits District 10 Market, a groundbreaking free grocery experience

Lidia Bastianich honors America’s volunteers, revealing how giving back unites and uplifts.

Lidia Bastianich meets changemakers intent on re-shaping the future of food in America.

Chef Lidia Bastianich blends culture, cooking, and identity in towns and cities across America.

In Walker, MN, Lidia and her grandson Miles catch an eelpout...and kiss it for good luck!

At the Comal Heritage Food Incubator Lidia meets Chef Vian Al Nidawi.

Learn about Kelly Carlisle's journey to farming and gardening.

Hear Matt Smiley describe how important farming can be to veterans coming home.

Watch Lidia Bastianich try whisky shots from Calvin Riggleman's distillery.

See how a farm in the middle of the city uses fish, and hydroponics, to grow microgreens.

Mark and Denise Beyers make a turkey, and then fresh homemade ricotta with Lidia.

In Petoskey, MI, Lidia joins Justin Rashid foraging for mushrooms with his grandson.

Lidia and Wallace cook food over an open fire, in the tradition of the Buffalo Soldiers.

In Denton, TX, Lidia meets Kate Swan, age 12, who raises pigs to show at the State Fair.

In Minnesota, Lidia makes Lefse and Salted Eelpout Cakes with Chef Maxwell Mraz.

Lidia meets Ramiro Herrera, one of only a few dozen master coopers in the world.

At the Comal Heritage Food Incubator Lidia meets Erika Rojas, a graduate of the program.

In Madisonville, TN, Lidia visits Allan Benton, of Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams.

Ironbound Head Chef, Gunnar Bentley, shows Lidia how to cook on the 'mother fire'.

Lidia celebrates her own holiday traditions, and the traditions of six celebrity guests.

Four holidays, four very different tables and traditions.

Lidia celebrates her own holiday traditions, and the traditions of six celebrity guests.

Premieres Thursday, December 26, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich celebrates freedom and independence.

Weddings: Something Borrowed, Something New airs Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 8pm ET.

Watch the preview for Lidia Celebrates America: The Return of the Artisans.

Watch the preview for Lidia Celebrates America: A Heartland Holiday Feast.

In Wasau, WI, Lidia makes Pork and Mustard Greens with Wisconsin's Hmong Community.

Lidia Bastianich looks at veterans who find farming to be a path back to civilian life.

Lidia Bastianich pays homage to the men and women of our military.

Join Lidia Bastianich as she travels the U.S. in a celebration of culture through food.

Premieres Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

Join chef Lidia Bastianich as she celebrates rites of passage marking key life moments.

Watch the preview for Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute to First Responders.

Watch an extended preview for Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute to First Responders.

Watch highlights from Weddings: Something Borrowed, Something New airing April 17 at 8pm.

Lidia shares her dessert, Limoncello Tiramisu, with army veteran Bryan Anderson

Lidia visits a barrier-free restaurant, for those with disabilities, in East Harlem, NY.

Watch Lidia and former foster child Kristen Thomas prepare a Panzanella Salad.

Over Zoom, Lidia and Attorney Jarrett Adams prepare one of her favorite pasta recipes.

Watch Lidia and former foster child, Kristin Thomas, prepare a Chopped Salad together.

Lidia celebrates with some of the inspirational people she met, making her latest special.

Lidia meets the people behind Harlem Grown, an urban farm in New York City.

August Dannehl and Lidia have created a meal to honor veterans.

Veterans reflect on finding a purpose after the military, and Lidia tries an MRE.

In Denton, TX, Lidia makes tamales with Jorge Landeros, owner of Milpa's Kitchen.

Willie Sherrer shares his barbeque and his blues music with Lidia Bastianich.

Marlene Rodriquez talks with Lidia Bastianich about her Purple Heart medal.

Army veteran, Bryan Anderson, and Lidia Bastianich cook a shrimp pasta meal together.

Bob Woodruff, the ABC news anchor injured by an IED in Iraq, talks about his experience.

Lidia talks and eats with retired army staff sergeant Yonas Hagos, and his mother.

Lidia meets Sara Dahmen, one of the only female coppersmiths in the world.

Lidia takes a tour of American Spoon Jam, in Petoskey, Minnesota.

What happened when Julia Child visited Lidia’s first restaurant and ordered the risotto?

Today Lidia is making Mussels Triestina, a simple ten-minute dish.

Lidia has her friend Jacques Pépin in the kitchen and they’re cooking eggs!