The new agreement returns control of the restaurants to the family, who have been working together since the 1970s, when Lidia Bastianich and her husband, Felice Bastianich, opened their first ...

Bastianich's new cookbook, "Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine," (Alfred A. Knopf, $37.50) is part recipe guide, part meditation on history and ingredients.

Chef Lidia Bastianich, who came to the United States at age 11, says she was interested in cooking even as a child. (Brad Barket/Getty Images/ Grana Padano) Review by Joe Yonan The title of the ...

Bastianich opened her first big restaurant, the now-closed Felidia, with her then husband, Felice, in 1981. It’s there that she was discovered by Julia Child , who liked her risotto and ...

In 1971, she and husband Felice "Felix" Bastianich, founded their first restaurant in Queens, N.Y. Today, she's one of the best-known chefs in the world, a best-selling author, ...

For Lidia Bastianich, taking care of people is second nature. While on set of her PEOPLE photo shoot (on newsstands Friday), a sanitation truck passes by the chef’s sprawling home in Queens, and ...

Bastianich grew up eating farm-to-table meals with her Italian family. After they fled Europe as refugees, she drew on those meals in opening her first restaurant. Originally broadcast May 7, 2018.