Lidia Bastianich, a conduit for Italian food in the USA

At the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York, the celebrity chef who started the Italian regional food trend in America talks about her experience
Lidia Bastianich, a conduit for Italian food in the USA

According to celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich Italian food means regional food: that’s the beautiful of Italian cuisine. Twenty regions, twenty different expression of Italian cuisine. The chef attended Summer Fancy Food Show 2017 in New York. In this exclusive interview with ItalianFood.net, Lidia Bastianich talks about her experience with Italian food products and Italian cuisine in the USA. When I first opened my restaurant in 1971 I couldn’t find Italian rice to make a risotto. Forty years later, in the USA I can find 90% of the Italian products I need.

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