Viewers of public television might know Lidia Bastianich as the playful, uber-Italian grandmother type she has portrayed on screen since her first cooking series, Lidia's Italian Kitchen, debuted in 1998. But in addition to being a cuddly nonna who loves to whip up pasta and polenta for her five grandchildren, Bastianich, 74, is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, and bestselling cookbook author with a compelling backstory as an Italian immigrant who made it big in the American food world.
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