Newsday Live and Long Island LitFest present an evening with award-winning chef, TV personality and bestselling author Lidia Bastianich in conversation with Newsday food writer Erica Marcus. Learn about her life, career and her new book "Lidia's a Pot, a Pan, and a Bowl."


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