Lidia Celebrates America

All Episodes 2011 - 2023

  • 2018-01-13T02:00:00Zs at 2018-01-13T02:00:00Z on PBS
  • 2011-12-21T02:00:00Z
  • 56m
  • 11h 17m (12 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Tavola Productions + 1 more, WGBH Boston
  • Documentary
Lidia explores how other immigrants have preserved their unique culinary traditions for generations, weaving their culture into the fabric of the diverse melting pot of America. Lidia will live, breathe and experience the country's diversity through the lens of culture, tradition and mouth-watering food.

12 episodes

Series Premiere

2011-12-21T02:00:00Z

1x01 Holiday Tables & Traditions

Series Premiere

1x01 Holiday Tables & Traditions

  • 2011-12-21T02:00:00Z1h

Join Lidia for Italian-American, Mexican-American, Chinese-American and Jewish-American celebrations.

Join chef Lidia Bastianich to celebrate culture through food, with a focus on wedding traditions.

Season Premiere

2013-12-27T02:00:00Z

2x01 Life's Milestones

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2x01 Life's Milestones

  • 2013-12-27T02:00:00Z56m

Join host Lidia Bastianich as she celebrates important milestones with a diverse group of Americans.

2013-06-29T01:00:00Z

2x02 Freedom and Independence

2x02 Freedom and Independence

  • 2013-06-29T01:00:00Z56m

Join Lidia Bastianich to celebrate freedom and independence with different cultures across America.

Season Premiere

2015-12-12T02:00:00Z

3x01 Home for the Holidays

Season Premiere

3x01 Home for the Holidays

  • 2015-12-12T02:00:00Z56m

Lidia Bastianich celebrates the holiday traditions of Italy and those of six guests, including Christopher Walken, Rita Moreno, Carlo Ponti Jr., Ann Curry, Marcus Samuelsson and Padma Lakshmi.

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2016-12-17T02:00:00Z

4x01 Holiday for Heroes

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4x01 Holiday for Heroes

  • 2016-12-17T02:00:00Z56m

Chef Lidia Bastianich celebrates veterans, who reflect on the importance of family during holidays; the challenges and sacrifices of their work; and the pride they take in their service. She also hosts a holiday dinner for 250 active duty Navy troops.at Naval Station Norfolk.

Season Premiere

2017-12-16T02:00:00Z

5x01 Homegrown Heroes

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5x01 Homegrown Heroes

  • 2017-12-16T02:00:00Z56m

Internationally-acclaimed chef and food ambassador Lidia Bastianich again pays homage to the men and women of our military and all they’ve sacrificed for this country. In Homegrown Heroes, Lidia looks at veterans who return home and find farming to be a path back to civilian life. Seven poignant veterans’ stories take Lidia from the heart of Appalachia in Loom, West Virginia to Richmond, Kentucky and Anaheim, California, and prove that farming, beekeeping, and raising livestock can help people reconnect in a meaningful way to the community.

Season Premiere

2018-12-24T02:00:00Z

6x01 A Heartland Holiday Feast

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6x01 A Heartland Holiday Feast

  • 2018-12-24T02:00:00Z56m

Exploring the diverse cultures that provide holiday inspiration in America, including traditions of the Buffalo Soldiers in Lawton, Olka.; Christmas begins in June in Natchitoches, La.; rural life in Bethlehem, Pa

Season Premiere

2019-12-21T02:00:00Z

7x01 Return of the Artisans

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7x01 Return of the Artisans

  • 2019-12-21T02:00:00Z57m

Chef Lidia Bastianich travels around America to meet people who master artisan crafts including meat curing, coopering, jam-making, and cider-making.

Season Premiere

2021-02-13T02:00:00Z

8x01 A Salute to First Responders

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8x01 A Salute to First Responders

  • 2021-02-13T02:00:00Z56m

Chef Lidia Bastianich travels across the U.S. to visit first responders, military and medical workers, and discovers the role food plays in their lives.

Season Premiere

2021-12-15T02:00:00Z

9x01 Overcoming the Odds

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9x01 Overcoming the Odds

  • 2021-12-15T02:00:00Z56m

Stories from people who have overcome extraordinary odds to find purpose in serving their communities in big cities and small pockets of rural America.

Season Premiere

2023-05-31T01:00:00Z

10x01 Flavors That Define Us

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10x01 Flavors That Define Us

  • 2023-05-31T01:00:00Z56m

Chef Lidia Bastianich travels from big cities to small towns across the U.S. to hear stories about the heritage of first, second and third generation Americans.

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