An Evening with Celebrity Chef and Cookbook Author Lidia Bastianich, an Italian-American Heritage Month Program

Back by popular demand, bestselling cookbook author and celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich returns to the Ferguson Library to discuss her new cookbook Lidia's The Art of Pasta, part of the library's Italian-American Heritage Month programming. The conversation will be moderated by cookbook author and culinary influencer Anna Gass.

Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books. 

Registration required.

Lidia Bastianich is an Emmy Award-winning public television host, a bestselling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Among her numerous awards and accolades, she has earned seven James Beard Awards (Outstanding Chef, Television Food Show, Best Chefs in America, Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America, Specials 2016, 2017 and 2018) and two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Culinary Host (2013 and 2018). She has published numerous cookbooks, co-authored with her daughter Tanya, and companion books to her Emmy-winning television series Lidia’s Kitchen, Lidia’s Italy in America and Lidia’s Italy. 

Cookbook author and recipe developer Anna Francese Gass is known for her ingenious takes on traditional Italian dishes whose videos have been viewed by millions around the world. Her widely acclaimed first book, Heirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories From The Tables of Immigrant Women, published in 2021, was featured on Rachael Ray and Today. She appears regularly on Good Morning America and Access Hollywood, and her recipes are top-rated on NYT Cooking.

Presented in partnership with Elm Street Books and DEANE, Inc.