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25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
Lidia Cooks for Two Popes
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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Lidia Bastianich celebrates 25 years on television with family and celebrity friends.