Lidia

The portrayal of Lidia is well done; the modifications have made her so fragile that she cannot walk without assistance.

REVIEW: Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi 2008

The portrayal of Lidia is well done; the modifications have made her so fragile that she cannot walk without assistance.

REVIEW: Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Haber and Strahan 2005

The portrayal of Lidia is well done; the modifications have made her so fragile that she cannot walk without assistance.

REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction #21 edited by Gardner Dozois 2004

Her Italian creations have also landed her a television series called Lidia's Family Table and a DVD called Favorite Recipes.

Celebrity Chefs' Healthiest Meals 2006

So, in addition to finding work as a prep-kitchen chef on PBS 'Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen, she started her own catering business, The Passionate Palate.

Hispanic Business Magazine 2010

Lidia theorizes that pasta alla puttanesca soared to popularity here in the 1970s because authentic Italian ingredients such as cured olives and cured capers were just becoming available, so the dish delivered what she calls a "wallop of flavor" that keeps people making it right up to today.

Rozanne Gold: Lidia's Italy in America Rozanne Gold 2011

Lidia Bastianich is one of my personal heroes and, in a moment's notice, I would lead the campaign to make her our next Ambassador to Italy.

Rozanne Gold: Lidia's Italy in America Rozanne Gold 2011

And while you'd think there's nothing left to say about Italian-American food given the thousands of magazine articles and dozens of cookbooks that have scrubbed this particular gastronomical cupboard clean, nugget after nugget of good food and delectable ideas pop out of the recipes and stories lovingly told by Lidia and her daughter, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, in Lidia's Italy in America Alfred A.

Rozanne Gold: Lidia's Italy in America Rozanne Gold 2011

I'm up for any of these dishes -- or for her voluptuous eggplant parmigiana -- next time Lidia plans to spend an afternoon at the stove.

Rozanne Gold: Lidia's Italy in America Rozanne Gold 2011

And while you'd think there's nothing left to say about Italian-American food given the thousands of magazine articles and dozens of cookbooks that have scrubbed this particular gastronomical cupboard clean, nugget after nugget of good food and delectable ideas pop out of the recipes and stories lovingly told by Lidia and her daughter, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, in Lidia's Italy in America Alfred A.

Rozanne Gold: Lidia's Italy in America Rozanne Gold 2011