Lidia's Kitchen

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Join Emmy-winner Lidia Bastianich as she shares her tips and techniques for making mouth-watering dishes.

WXXI is pleased to present Lidia’s Kitchen, a new daytime cooking show, airing Saturdays at 12 p.m., beginning November 2, 2013 on WXXI-TV. Lidia’s Kitchen is a paean to the importance of mealtime. Over the course of 26 episodes, Daytime Emmy®-winner Lidia Bastianich conjures simple, seasonal and economical dishes with grace, confidence and love. She teaches viewers to draw on their roots, allow for spontaneity, and cultivate a sense of home in the kitchen. Lidia makes rustic staples, including oatmeal biscuits, apple cider-braised pork shoulder, potato pizza, salmon with mustard sauce, country onion soup, lentil country salad and Grandma Rosa's apple cake. Filled with tips and techniques collected through years in the kitchen and at the family table, Lidia channels her passion for teaching into a fun and trustworthy curriculum of kitchen wisdom.