I was on line for food at 10 years old, waiting in camp with strangers, everybody sleeping in a room separated by drapes. Somehow because things ended well, I don’t harbor great regret. It was part of my life. I always say it made me better, it made me stronger, but you know what? This kind of pandemic, I’ve never seen anything of this magnitude that is this universal. I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life.

Lidia Bastianich

Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich (Italian: [?li?dja d?u?lja?na mat?tikkjo ba?stja?nit?]; born in Pula, February 21, 1947) is an Italian-American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to public television cooking shows since 1998.In 2014, she launched her fifth television series, Lidia's Kitchen. She owns several Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali and her son, Joe Bastianich, including Felidia (founded with her ex-husband, Felice), Del Posto, and Becco in Manhattan; Lidia's Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh; and Lidia's Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri.

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