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# Eddie McNamara Makes Meatballs
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/lidia-celebrates-america/extras/eddie-mcnamara-makes-meatballs-o0mnkw/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-07T21:19:46.000Z
- Description: Former police officer Eddie McNamara shares his recipe for meatballs with Lidia.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Lidia Celebrates America, #ZZZ_Show_73725357-5345-4d91-b1dc-7769ddf28616, #v1.4, #ZZZ_Extra_e1d21e77-2fbb-4e05-be3e-4c5bf6fb0c11, #extra

Chef, cookbook author, and former police officer Eddie McNamara talks with Lidia about his experience working during the aftermath of 9/11, and how cooking has helped him through the PTSD that he's suffered as a result. As Lidia watches via zoom, Eddie prepares his special meatballs, which she is then able to taste, since he has had some delivered to her house.