Lidia Matticchio Bastianich (born Lidia Motika on October 10, 1947 in Pola, Istria (now Pula, Croatia)) is a Croatian-American chef specializing in Italian cooking. She is also a regular contributor to the PBS cooking show lineups since 2001; in 2007, she launched her third TV series, Lidia's Italy. She also owns four Italian restaurants in the U.S. in partnership with her eldest child, winemaster and restauranteur Joseph Bastianich: Felidia and Becco in Manhattan; Lidia's Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Lidia's Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri.

There are as many versions of lasagna as there are cooks. Filling ingredients vary; but there are two main sauces used, a red and a white. You can alternate them between the layers of pasta and filling. Start with red on the very bottom and ending with white on the top; but do it the way you like it best. That's the Italian grandmother's way!

Food that is good for you and easy to make. Italian classics ad never-ending dishes...

This week Alica Smith and Chef Neil cook an Italian chili that's sure to please all the fans.

Simple, no-effort dishes, with clear uncomplicated flavours are called for after all the rich Christmas feasting. I went looking for a recipe to cook some good Karoo lamb shoulder chops.

Go on a culinary adventure like no other in this gastric-busting Time Management game! Build your career one dish at a time as you start at the bottom of the culinary ladder as a line cook in a local Italian restaurant with dreams of one day becoming a world class 5 Star French chef.