Lidia Bastianich

On this episode we welcome chef, restaurateur and television star Lidia Bastianich, the author of more than a dozen bestselling cookbooks which have introduced a generation to the flavors, ingredients and methods of traditional Italian regional cuisines.  She joins Jim Mustich to talk about her new memoir My American Dream, which shares the story of her family's journey to America, through displacement and struggle, perseverance and ultimately a career that has  — deliciously — helped shape how we eat