COMPOUND OBJECT (2 Items)
Lidia Bastianich interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2011-03-24 Item Info
- Title:
- Lidia Bastianich interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2011-03-24
- Interviewer:
- Judith Weinraub
- Interviewer Biographical Note:
- Judith Weinraub is a writer, editor, and historian. Over the course of her career at The Washington Post, she served as both a reporter and section editor, spending her final decade at the paper focusing on food coverage. Her work examined everything from food safety and farmers markets to the rise of immigrant farmers and the impact of local food movements on American culture.
- Interviewee:
- Lidia Bastianich
- Interviewee Biographical Note:
- The acclaimed cookbook author, television personality, restaurateur, chef and businesswoman Lidia Bastianich was a little girl when the Catholic Charities rescued her family from a Displaced Persons camp in Italy and brought them to the United States after their native Istria was was absorbed by Yugoslavia and communism. Growing up in Queens, Bastianich originally hoped to become a pediatrician. But years helping to cook for her family, a part-time job in a local bakery while she was still in school and marriage to an Italian man working in the restaurant business reoriented her life. Today she is one of the best-known chefs in the United States, thanks to her ongoing popular cooking programs on PBS and her many cookbooks. With her son Joseph Bastianich and chef Mario Batali, she is also a partner in a mini-empire of Italian restaurants in New York, Kansas City and Pittsburgh.
- Date of interview:
- 2011-03-24
- Description:
- Lidia Bastianich describes her early life and immigration, moving to New York City from Yugoslavia, restaurant beginnings, her experiences at the restaurant Felidia and gaining recognition, her cookbooks and television career, and her children joining the family business.
- Subject:
- Felidia (Restaurant) Nicotra, Fortunato Restaurant management
- Source:
- Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat, Fales Library and Special Collections
- Unique ID:
- MSS_309.ref139.1
- Digital Object Rights Link:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Rights Summary:
- Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permissions to quote or paraphrase from the interviews or transcripts must be obtained from the interviewee or his/her literary estate. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Lidia Bastianich interviewed by Judith Weinraub, 2011-03-24", Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat,
- Reference Link:
- https://info663-sp25.github.io/team3/items/dss_309-139-1.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permissions to quote or paraphrase from the interviews or transcripts must be obtained from the interviewee or his/her literary estate. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu. or call 212 998 2596.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/