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Lidia's Italy

Season 2 2008
TV-G

  • 2008-04-05T04:00:00Z on PBS
  • 30m
  • 13h (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
Lidia's Italy celebrates the land Lidia Bastianich calls home. In this series, Lidia journeys throughout Italy to sample and prepare local specialties from Rome, Naples, Padua, Sicily, Trieste and Istria. Back in her kitchen in the United States, the warm and engaging host demonstrates two or three recipes she encountered during her travels. Throughout the series, friends and family often join Lidia in the kitchen. Her daughter Tanya introduces some of Lidia's favorite hidden cultural treasures, while her son Joseph frequently stops by to discuss regional wines.

26 episodes

Season Premiere

2008-04-05T04:00:00Z

2x01 Tutto Pasta

Season Premiere

2x01 Tutto Pasta

  • 2008-04-05T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia heads to Naples to discover the secrets of the wine of Feudi di San Gregorio, a region with its own unique soil.

2008-04-12T04:00:00Z

2x02 Rolling with Nonna Lisa

2x02 Rolling with Nonna Lisa

  • 2008-04-12T04:00:00Z30m

Viewers get a taste of family history when Lidia visits Gaeta and spends time with Corrado's Nonna Lisa. There she learns the secrets to the perfect tiella, a cousin to deep dish pizza.

2008-04-19T04:00:00Z

2x03 Sweet Napoli

2x03 Sweet Napoli

  • 2008-04-19T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia travels to Naples to experience the art of pastry-making. Back in the kitchen, she whips up pizzelle-the perfect pastry pocket-stuffed with escarole and sausage.

2008-04-26T04:00:00Z

2x04 Maremma Chard Pillows

2x04 Maremma Chard Pillows

  • 2008-04-26T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia samples the rustic food and wine of the Maremma region with Joe.

2008-05-03T04:00:00Z

2x05 Sea and Land Roman Way

2x05 Sea and Land Roman Way

  • 2008-05-03T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia travels to Maremma to learn about one of Italy's great grating cheeses: Grana Padano

2008-05-10T04:00:00Z

2x06 Vegetarian Rome

2x06 Vegetarian Rome

  • 2008-05-10T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia heads into the woods of Maremma where she discovers such treasures as wild boar and porcini mushrooms.

2008-05-17T04:00:00Z

2x07 Porcini Wrap

2x07 Porcini Wrap

  • 2008-05-17T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia visits the bustling city of Rome where she shops for some of its best-known ingredients.

2008-05-24T04:00:00Z

2x08 What a Boar

2x08 What a Boar

  • 2008-05-24T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia samples the flavors of the sea with the fishermen of Gaeta and the flavors of the land in the marketplace in Rome.

2008-05-31T04:00:00Z

2x09 Sausage Alla Romana

2x09 Sausage Alla Romana

  • 2008-05-31T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia explores Rome through the eyes of a vegetarian, paying special attention to the wonderful produce and cheese that Roman cuisine has to offer.

Today its a trip to Sicily, where the old ways of both fishing and puppetry have been preserved

2008-06-14T04:00:00Z

2x11 Sicilian Street Food

2x11 Sicilian Street Food

  • 2008-06-14T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia hits the streets of Palermo to taste the some of Sicily's classic street food.

2008-06-21T04:00:00Z

2x12 Stack Those Cannoli

2x12 Stack Those Cannoli

  • 2008-06-21T04:00:00Z30m

Joe gives a lesson in the art of the Italian aperitivo.

2x13 Tender Pork Chops Loose Polenta

  • 2008-06-28T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia travels to Friuli to learn all about polenta.

2008-07-05T04:00:00Z

2x14 Risotto Fresh and Greens

2x14 Risotto Fresh and Greens

  • 2008-07-05T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia travels to Friuli to learn the basics of Montasio cheese-making.

2008-07-12T04:00:00Z

2x15 To Crumb or Not to Crumb

2x15 To Crumb or Not to Crumb

  • 2008-07-12T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia travels to Treviso to learn of the city's two treasures: beautiful architecture and even more beautiful radicchio.

2008-07-19T04:00:00Z

2x16 The Farro Story

2x16 The Farro Story

  • 2008-07-19T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia celebrates Puglia, Italy's horn of plenty.

2008-07-26T04:00:00Z

2x17 Best Foccacia Ever

2x17 Best Foccacia Ever

  • 2008-07-26T04:00:00Z30m

It's time to bake with Lidia! In Altamura, Lidia demonstrates the traditional methods of bread-making.

2008-08-02T04:00:00Z

2x18 Tajarin Yellow As Gold

2x18 Tajarin Yellow As Gold

  • 2008-08-02T04:00:00Z30m

Experience the richness of the Langhe region as Lidia travels to Piemonte.

2008-08-09T04:00:00Z

2x19 Istrian Seafood Stew

2x19 Istrian Seafood Stew

  • 2008-08-09T04:00:00Z30m

It's an adventure on the Adriatic when Joe gives a guided tour of the fishing boats and markets of Trieste.

2008-08-16T04:00:00Z

2x20 The Goose of It

2x20 The Goose of It

  • 2008-08-16T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia heads home to Istria where she is joined by Tanya, who shows you the beautiful architecture of Groznjan and Motovun.

2008-08-18T04:00:00Z

2x21 Hazelnut Haven

2x21 Hazelnut Haven

  • 2008-08-18T04:00:00Z30m

It's time to toast to the hazelnut as Lidia heads to Piemonte for the beloved fall harvest.

2008-08-20T04:00:00Z

2x22 Italian Austrian

2x22 Italian Austrian

  • 2008-08-20T04:00:00Z30m

Joe and Tanya visit the melting pot that is Trieste...and learn of the city's role as a cultural crossroads

2008-08-22T04:00:00Z

2x23 Stretch Stuff and Roll

2x23 Stretch Stuff and Roll

  • 2008-08-22T04:00:00Z30m

We return to Lidia's roots when we visit San Saba, Lidia's ancestral family home in Pula.

2008-08-24T04:00:00Z

2x24 The Serendipitous Celery

2x24 The Serendipitous Celery

  • 2008-08-24T04:00:00Z30m

We're off to Puglia, where Lidia visits with Chef Zito of the restaurant Antichi Sapore to do some wild h

2008-08-25T04:00:00Z

2x25 Heavenly Baccala

2x25 Heavenly Baccala

  • 2008-08-25T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia turns preserved salt cod into a creamy baked topping for polenta.

2x26 That's How the Cookie Crumbles

  • 2008-08-27T04:00:00Z30m

Lidia and Tanya tour Padova, a city that is still very much as it was back in the days of the Bard.

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