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All Seasons

Season 1

Season 2

  • S02E01 Life's Milestones

    • December 26, 2013
    • PBS

    Join host Lidia Bastianich as she celebrates important milestones with a diverse group of Americans.

  • S02E02 Freedom and Independence

    • June 28, 2013
    • PBS

    Join Lidia Bastianich to celebrate freedom and independence with different cultures across America.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Home for the Holidays

    • December 11, 2015
    • PBS

    Lidia Bastianich celebrates the holiday traditions of Italy and those of six guests, including Christopher Walken, Rita Moreno, Carlo Ponti Jr., Ann Curry, Marcus Samuelsson and Padma Lakshmi.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Holiday for Heroes

    • December 16, 2016
    • PBS

    Chef Lidia Bastianich celebrates veterans, who reflect on the importance of family during holidays; the challenges and sacrifices of their work; and the pride they take in their service. She also hosts a holiday dinner for 250 active duty Navy troops.at Naval Station Norfolk.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Homegrown Heroes

    • December 15, 2017
    • PBS

    Internationally-acclaimed chef and food ambassador Lidia Bastianich again pays homage to the men and women of our military and all they’ve sacrificed for this country. In Homegrown Heroes, Lidia looks at veterans who return home and find farming to be a path back to civilian life. Seven poignant veterans’ stories take Lidia from the heart of Appalachia in Loom, West Virginia to Richmond, Kentucky and Anaheim, California, and prove that farming, beekeeping, and raising livestock can help people reconnect in a meaningful way to the community.

Season 6

  • S06E01 A Heartland Holiday Feast

    • December 23, 2018
    • PBS

    Exploring the diverse cultures that provide holiday inspiration in America, including traditions of the Buffalo Soldiers in Lawton, Olka.; Christmas begins in June in Natchitoches, La.; rural life in Bethlehem, Pa

Season 7

  • S07E01 Return of the Artisans

    • December 20, 2019
    • PBS

    Chef Lidia Bastianich travels around America to meet people who master artisan crafts including meat curing, coopering, jam-making, and cider-making.

Season 8

  • S08E01 A Salute to First Responders

    • February 12, 2021

    Chef Lidia Bastianich travels across the U.S. to visit first responders, military and medical workers, and discovers the role food plays in their lives.

Season 9

  • S09E01 Overcoming the Odds

    • December 14, 2021

    Stories from people who have overcome extraordinary odds to find purpose in serving their communities in big cities and small pockets of rural America.

Season 10

  • S10E01 Flavors That Define Us

    • May 30, 2023

    Chef Lidia Bastianich travels from big cities to small towns across the U.S. to hear stories about the heritage of first, second and third generation Americans.