Renowned television host, cookbook author and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich, who has a restaurant in Kansas City, has cooked for not just one Pope, but two.

“It’s my way of saying thank you to America,” says chef and host Lidia Bastianich of her three-time James Beard Award-winning and Emmy-nominated series Lidia Celebrates America, where she ...

Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, read by the author. Random House Audio, , unabridged, 10 CDs, 13 hrs., $45 ISBN 978-0-525-58874-0 Noted chef, restaurateur, and public television personality ...