Love the way she gets her hands in there! My favorite are these authentic Italian dishes she makes, you can tell she's been making them all her life.

Eggplant is always top of my list, I absolutely Love it.

I AM FULLY SURPRISED AND AMAZED!! LYDIA HAS SO MANY RESTAURANTS ,TV PROGRAMS ,WRITES BOOKS ETC. AND SHE STAYS HERE AND TEACHES PEOPLE TO COOK!! LYDIA YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSONALITY, YOU ARE A BIG EXAMPLE FOR PEOPLE. MAY GOD HAVE YOU THERE FOR MANY YEARS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO EAT.

Always one of my favorite chefs to watch. Thanks for all the great recipes, Lidia!

I love that you have a KZfaq channel! Watching Lidia cook, I can see Joe's mannerisms and way of speaking come from her. :D He's such a momma's boy, in the best way! What a delicious recipe!

You’re my favorite TV CHEF!!! And look exactly like my grandmother from Sweden when I was a little girl!! Thx for your scrumptious recipes 🌺🌸Ingrid from California

Learned how wonderful pasta water is and how to finish the pasta in the sauce (from watching Linda's cooking videos). What a difference!

I love her show. Her cooking brings me back when my father was alive. He was born in Naples, Italy, had broken English. Lidia is probably a few years younger than myself. But her cooking reminds me if my father cooking then my mother. My father would make the flowers from the zucchini. Batter them and fry,.They were really good. I wonder if you could make a escarole and broccoli rabe, pie with olive oil and garlic. That was so good. He made his dough too. You remind me of My childhood. Thank you so much Lidia. Maybe we can meet each other at one of your book signings. That would make my day.

I just don’t understand how can put somebody thumbs down on this delicious very well made pasta And very well-made presentation They must be lonely and full of hate Well done chef

Beautiful Cozy kitchen wow, so Mediterranean love it

I love Italian cooking, the way they use pastas are very interesting indeed. Thanks Lidia for sharing, looks delicious 😊😊

This channel makes me love Italian more than I already do! This lady is so well educated in food it's amazing to me. I'm from Hollywood which is a cultural hub like New York city. Great restaurants everywhere you look. Peace. Mike.

I made this and it turned out AMAZING!! Thanks for sharing!

I love the music of her show...Her cooking is so nice....

thank you Lidia for so nice recipe.

Thank you ever so much for sharing! I’m so excited about trying this recipe!!!

Looks so delicious!

Thank you Lidia. I found your cooking channel here in KZfaq a while ago and tested pasta. I used good ingredients and it was delicious.

this is a great recipe. I make the marcella hazan versionwith pine nuts, sardines, and breadcrumbs added, but this is great too.

I dream of spending a long period of time in Italy to really soak it all in. Maybe in a couple of years. In the meantime, Lidia does a great job of taking us there through her recipes.

Absolutely delicious.

I tried some recipes of Lidia and I love it such a great woman .thank you for everything I m still learning from you 😘😘

love it. great recipe

Can't wait to try this recipe,yummy👍🏻

Love you and your beautifully passed on recipes

Well again another good mealandhow I enjoy watching her Trip

this is a great classic dish to try out!

Svaki recept Vam je odlican. pozdrav.

She looks so kind ❤

Hii mama lidia am so glad i found u in u tube i was searching u tv but finally i get enough of u happy having u txs for alll u teach us love you!

Anch'io faccio così con la pelle. Excellent idea Lidia to remove part of the skins!!!

I want to try a little bowl of that!!!

Oh my magnificent,a definite must try😋😋😋♥️♥️♥️

looks good!

Pasta just makes me happy.

I love your Pasta alla Norma recipe.

I am a beginner loving how you teach

LOVE her recipes and explanations. (And her hair cut!)

Lidia you are the best!

@Lidia Bastianich, I thought you said it was a family platter 😂😂😂😂😂. It reminds me of my first course, size wise and quantity, of the pasta dish for me alone I had in Chicago [I am a Londoner and a not particularly big one, 5'4", maybe 154 pounds] at a restaurant called Margiano's... It was in 1995 so apologies if I have the spelling wrong. And YES I did devour it - and a whole lot more besides!!!!!!!!!!!! Italian food - I am Italian by descent - devastates you in two ways: 1. it looks STUNNING and 2. THE TASTE destroys any and all self control.

I tried your simple pasta Alfredo recipe and i like it

delicious recipe 👏👏👏👏

Always love watching your cooking!! One of my favorite dishes is Sicilian Cucuzza, and was wondering if you can show me your recipe on it

Omgosh you are so amazing Lidia!

Looks yummy!! I'm hungry now!! 6:30am :)

Congratulations Lidia ,from Athens.

Hi i love ur cooking . May i know which cheese you used n if i use parmesan cheese will it taste ok

This is an amazing dish. I wish I can eat the cheese but I can’t. I have some experimenting to do.

What kind of cheese are you using?

another winner 😎

Mrs Bastianich fried the second batch of eggplant cubes, without prior removing the bitterness with the salt and water procedure. One can avoid it, (the salt and water), as I have done many times without any perceivable bitterness.

Che brava cucina in modo perfetto con la camicia ordinati America America 🤔👍

Amo!

I love lidia

Delicioso!! Looks terrific. And lovely short, clean, nails. Perfection.

What gritted cheese did you use?

Why is the music by Mozart and not Bellini considering the name of the dish?

very very good👍❤️

Hello ma'am, I wanted to ask you that what if we add cheese wile cooking with flame on.

Yummy

I would like to know your olive oil of choice

I am a huge fan of Lidia and her inventive recipes, and, as an opera lover, it is thrilling to be able to eat a delicious pasta dish that memorializes the great Italian tenor. I love the way that Lidia brings flair to recipes that are both familiar and obscure and her ease and graciousness in the kitchen are inspiring. My one thought about this dish is perhaps it might have benefitted from some Pecorino Romano, particularly if it were sprinkled just before serving by Maria Carmela Farina, who Lidia's agent promised a job working alongside Bastianich for her restaurants and TV show, but who was actually kept hostage by the celebrity chef as an unpaid 24-hour-a-day home attendant, for which she had to hoist the chef’s 100-year-old, obese neighbor on and off a toilet in College Point, Queens. Chicken livers are such an unusual ingredient and it'd be great to see them in more pasta dishes!

How much pasta? 1/2 lb? 1 lb?

Sorry but what is eggplant? Is it aubergine? 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

I wish she would adopt me!

Very good but which grated cheese?? Looked like parmesan but ive seen with ricotta also

i love you 😍😍😍

Can u use white Alfredo or red pasta sauce 😋.? Delish

OMG ... you are so, so busy with your restaurants, cookbooks, on-line videos, etc. Where do you find the time to catch your breath and entertain guests @ home ? I'm exhausted !!!

Love eggplant, but hate prepping it.

Yammmmmme yammmmmme 💕💕💕💕

I also add capers. Some people add black calamaya olives.

I thought it is with scarmoza cheese...scarmoza affumiata?

what kind of cheese did she use ?

Lock down in Italy

la faro'.....mi ha ispirato

Hi Lidia, are you related to Joe Bastianich? Just curious.

I would love to eat eggplant, but I get sick everytime I try it.

Wait, I thought she said some eggplant would go in the sauce! 🤔

SALUDOS MI HIJO DE 14 ES LOCO CON LA BUENA PASTA Y JUGOSASHICE UNA DE TUNA Y NO ME QUE ASÍ COMO EVITAR QUE SE QUEDE EMPLEGOSTA Á Y ME GUSTARIA QUE HAGA UNA CON CONBEEF ACA EN PUERTO RICO LE LLAMAN ASI

Should use caccerece pasta .

I'm concerned the vegetable oil isn't healthy. I see it isn't olive oil. What healthy veg oil can you use ?

I subscribe

Hi. ☀️

Thanks l love you lsrael

One thing for sure , I don’t fry the eggplant. I put brush olive oil on both sides of the eggplant and I put it in the oven to cook and become crispy.

I thought eggplant was purple 💜

Why use vegetable oil? Olive oil so much better for you and it's Italian in my mind.

She barely adds any seasoning ...

I just subscribe to your channel, you dress so beautiful.

The olive oil is for real.

Male eggplants have fewer seeds

That kitchen is so old fashioned have some creepy witchery vibe on it

So, who is Norma??

Vegetable oil????????????

A lot, you, delicious, channel, tv, a lot, I promise, pasta

My dear Madam Bastianich! Your forehead is the on average 1.5 to 2.0 centimeters higher than that of the regular humans. Why don't you go into the quantum mechanics? Love you!

Its not at all tasty ...

Ma l'hai mai vista una pasta alla norma? Ma cambia mestiere.non rovinare più i piatti italiani . Ma leggi le ricette prima di farle. Vergognati.

These ppl have over hyped the pasta pizza and chees... Nd everyone I see italian dishes nothing is new or interesting it's bland and same nothing new or diff... Eat INDIAN food once you will forget this strange food.....