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Lidia Cooks for Two Popes

Season 2023 Episode 1 | 1m 43s

One of the highlights of Lidia’s career, if not of her life, was cooking for both Pope Benedict and then later Pope Francis. Being Catholic it was, as her son Joe put it, “like … having dinner with Jimi Hendrix, Prince and Elvis Presley all at the same time.” Hear what she made for Pope Benedict and how the meeting went.

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To cap off her 25th anniversary on PBS, Lidia hosts a celebratory dinner for old friends.
Lidia reminisces about her teenage years living in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, NY.
See the teacher come out in Lidia, as she makes gnocchi with her grandchildren.
Lidia Bastianich celebrates 25 years on television with family and celebrity friends.
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Lidia Bastianich celebrates 25 years on television with family and celebrity friends.
Lidia and Felice open their first “Italian” restaurant together in Queens, NY.
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