Bastianich encourages readers to cook for family and friends, and each recipe makes family-sized ... like chocolate biscotti pudding and limoncello tiramisu. (Oct.) ...

Biscotti comes from the Latin biscoctus, meaning twice baked or cooked. This recipe (twice as delicious) is featured in the Homegrown Heroes episode of Lidia Celebrates America.

(I’m usually hounding her for her biscotti recipe.) Bastianich explained that ... Check out her new cookbook, “Lidia’s Italy in America” here.

Lidia makes sweets, including an Italian cookie, an Italian parfait and a tart. Lidia makes a trio of sweets, including a Bergamot & Ricotta Parfait featuring layers of sweetened ricotta, aromatic ...