Books by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Complete Book Reviews

Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Author . Knopf $35 (448p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4035-3
Fans will appreciate this companion book to Bastianich's latest PBS series of the same name (after Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen ), and it may win her some new admirers as well. It presents the food Bastianich prepares at home for her...
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. Knopf, $28.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3161-8
Chef and restaurateur Bastianich (Lidia’s Celebrate Like an Italian) offers a look into her culinary background in this charming memoir. Bastianich grew up in the former Yugoslavia under Communist rule and spent two years in an Italian refugee camp...
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali. Knopf, $37.50 (480p) ISBN 978-0-385-34946-8
Bastianich and her daughter give a magnificent master class in Italian cooking in their latest culinary collaboration, following 2013’s Lidia’s Commonsense Italian Cooking. Their book begins with an excellent primer on Italian ingredients and...
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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 Bastianich brings a natural kindheartedness to the audio edition of her autobiography. The book provides a sprawling account of Bastianich’s life, beginning on the Istrian peninsula, where...
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Author, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, Author . Knopf $35 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4036-0
Surely one of the secrets to Lidia Bastianich's success as a television personality is the high quality of her companion books. Bastianich's never seem like mere collections of stills from the show; they impart new information and are full...
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali. Knopf, $24.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-3075-9566-9
In her latest cookbook, Bastianich, combines more than 100 of her signature dishes with new and old favorites. Her coauthor is daughter Tanya, who also manages her mother’s product line. Bastianich encourages readers to cook for family and friends,...
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, with Fortunato Nicotra and Tanya Bastianich Manuali. Knopf, $35 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3308-7
In her predictably solid 14th cookbook (after Lidia’s Celebrate Like an Italian), TV host Bastianich serves up homey dishes from her first restaurant Felidia, which serves Northern Italian fare on New York’s Upper East Side. As she proudly points...
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali. Knopf, $29.95 (224p) ISBN 978-05256-5740-8
“In many ways, making a one-or-two-pot meal is cooking at its basic level, but also at its most diverse,” writes TV host and restaurateur Bastianich (Felidia) of the premise behind her excellent latest collection. The Italian cooking doyenne proves...
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali. Knopf, $35 (240p) ISBN 978-0-525-65742-2
To Italian cooking legend Bastianich and her daughter Manuali (who most recently collaborated on Lidia’s A Pot, a Pan, and a Bowl), food is “an expression of love and caring”—especially cooking for and eating with family. In what may be her most...
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Author, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, Author, Hirsheimer & Hamilton, Photographer . Knopf $35 (411p) ISBN 978-0-307-26751-1
Bastianich, acclaimed restaurateur, star of a PBS cooking show and author (Lidia's Italy , etc.), and her daughter Manuali offer a stellar array of regional Italian recipes in this tantalizing and lavishly photographed collection. They serve up
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Author, Christopher Styler, Editor, Christopher Hirsheimer, Photographer Morrow Cookbooks $30 (400p) ISBN 978-0-688-15410-3
Manhattan restaurateur Bastianich (La Cucina di Lidia, 1990) brings an infectious exuberance to this tie-in to a 26-part PBS series starting in September. While not breaking new ground, she presents an enticing selection of favorite dishes combining
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Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Author, Christopher Hirsheimer, Photographer . Knopf $35 (464p) ISBN 978-0-375-41150-2
Despite a misleading title (the book offers few stereotypical restaurant-style dishes), readers will be slightly charmed by the book's actual contents (mainly recipes for straight Italian classics) and its author that they'll quickly forget...
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