Lidia Celebrates America

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.

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

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

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

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'.

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

Lidia hosts a dinner at Ironbound Farm in Asbury Township, New Jersey.

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

Lidia talks with two sisters who are firefighters for the Jersey City Fire Department.

At the celebratory feast in PA, Lidia makes a toast and listens to an opera singer.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 her latest special A Heartland Holiday Feast, Lidia makes Risotto for her guests.

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.

Former police officer Eddie McNamara shares his recipe for meatballs with Lidia.

Lidia reflects on what it takes to be an Emergency Medical Technician on the front-lines.

In Bethlehem, PA, Bonnie Boyer and her grandson Adam show Lidia how to make shoofly pie.

Lidia prepares her Breakfast Risotto recipe to thank the first responders that she met.

At Holy Name Medical Center, a 36-bed ICU was built in 5 days to help with COVID patients.

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!