Restaurateur, best-selling cookbook author and TV personality Lidia Bastianich will be connecting with La Cucina Italiana Editor in Chief Maddalena Fossati in the upcoming #BUTTALAPASTA IG Live event.
Lidia Bastianich is considered the godmother of Italian food in America. She is the owner/co-owner of four acclaimed New York restaurants – Felidia, Becco, Esca and Del Posto – as well as Lidia’s Pittsburg and Lidia’s Kansas City with her daughter Tanya. She co-authored with Tanya several bestselling cookbooks, and is the host of the award-winning television series Lidia’s Kitchen, Lidia’s Italy in America and Lidia’s Italy. In addition, she opened Eataly US locations with business partner Oscan Farinetti and developed a line of signature artisanal pastas and sauces. A recipient of several awards and honors, including seven James Beard Awards and two Emmy Awards, Lidia Bastianich was chosen to cook for Pope Benedict and Pope Francis in their visits to New York.
In her memoir, My American Dream: A life of Love, Family, and Food, she tells her story, from fleeing communism and arriving penniless to the United States, to building her culinary empire. She is actively involved with several non-profit organizations focused on promoting Italian and Italian American culture and heritage, and helped to raise funds for the UN Development Fund for Women.
On May 20, we have the pleasure to host Lidia Bastianich twice in a day:
- Instagram Live chat #oradicena to talk with our Editor in Chief Maddalena Fossati about cooking (and life) on La Cucina Italiana Italian Instagram account (5.30 pm CET)
- then, again with Maddalena chatting about pasta on La Cucina Italiana U.S.A account for #BUTTALAPASTA (9 am PST / 12 pm EST).
Stay tuned!