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Mayor Dennis Donohue Welcomes Chef Lidia Bastianich to Salinas Valley

Four generations of family, including Bastianich’s mother, have assisted Lidia in her restaurants, cookbooks, and television programs to date. lidia

Bastianich’s appreciation for family business and Italian tradition intersected perfectly with the Salinas Valley, where Italian immigrants on family farms had learned to grow artichokes, garlic, grapes, chicories, and so much more. Salinas shares a similar coastal climate and soil composition with many Italian growing regions, so Italian vegetable varieties naturally grow well throughout Monterey County.

Mayor Donohue is the President of Royal Rose LLC, a grower-shipper of European specialty produce: i.e. Radicchio, Treviso, and Frisee. Bastianich was interested in visiting Royal Rose to meet with the Italian owners and discuss how their personal backgrounds in Italian agriculture lead them to the Salinas Valley over two decades ago. Bastianich was interested in the family business dynamic of Royal Rose, and the preservation of Italian culture internationally. Of course, as a chef, she was especially interested in the produce she easily acquires in the New York terminal market. After a brief visit to Royal Rose’s Radicchio Café (the test kitchen portion of their Salinas office), Bastianich, her daughter Tanya, and her film crew, toured a mature radicchio field ready for harvest in South Salinas. During her visit to the Central Coast, Bastianich was also interested in viewing local garlic farms, Andy Boy’s broccoli rabe fields, and Pezzini Farm’s artichoke varieties currently flourishing in the Salinas Valley.

Biography from Media Kit (www.lidiasitaly.com):
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is one of the best-loved chefs on television, a best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Her cookbooks include Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy and Lidia’s Italy – both companion books to the Emmy-nominated television series, Lidia’s Italy, as well as Lidia’s Family Table, Lidia’s Italian- American Kitchen, Lidia’s Italian Table and La Cucina di Lidia. Lidia is the chef/owner of four acclaimed New York City restaurants -- Felidia, Becco, Esca and Del Posto, as well as Lidia’s in Pittsburgh and Kansas City. She is also founder and president of Tavola Productions, an entertainment company that produces high-quality broadcast productions including Lidia’s Italy. In addition, Lidia has developed her own line of specialty sauces that are sold at discriminating retail establishments nationally. Together with her son Joseph, she produces award-winning wines at their Bastianich Vineyards in Friuli and their La Mozza Vineyards in Maremma, Italy. With her daughter Tanya and marketing director Shelly Burgess Nicotra, she heads up an exclusive travel company that develops and implements customized excursions to Italy that often combine gastronomy with art history. She gives freely of her time and knowledge, and is active in community service activities and special events on behalf of the James Beard Foundation and Public Television. Her interactive website, www.lidiasitaly.com, includes descriptions of her restaurants, product information and reviews, as well as mouthwatering recipes and tips from Lidia herself.

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