Lidia Bastianich, best-selling Italian cookbook author, renowned restaurateur and host of the popular Emmy nominated cooking program, Lidia’s Italy, has found a perfect partner in Lou Di Palo and Di Palo Selects (www.dipaloselects.com), the online extension of New York City’s beloved 4th generation store, Di Palo’s Fine Foods.
When Lidia wanted a reliable resource for her many hungry fans clamoring for a place to find the freshest, highest quality, Italian ingredients to use in her recipes, Di Palo Selects was the obvious choice. Now Lidia’s fans can find the essentials they need: Grana Padano cheese, fine olive oils, hard-to find cuts of pasta, and more. Lidia and Lou are a match made in heaven: They share passion, knowledge, and generosity of spirit, and they have a common goal of making Italy’s rich culinary heritage accessible to food-lovers all over the United States.
“Visitors to my website (www.lidiasitaly.com) and people who watch my show and read my books always ask the same question: ‘Where can I find the ingredients I need to try your recipes at home?’” said Lidia. “I’m now proud to be able to offer specialty food items selected by my good friend Lou Di Palo, who is as passionate about quality Italian food products as I am about Italian cuisine.”
“I have been a huge admirer of Lidia for years,” said Lou Di Palo. “She’s taught millions of Americans about authentic, high quality Italian cuisine — and that cuisine is based on the kind of quality, artisan ingredients that my family has been offering our customers for four generations.”
Di Palo’s Fine Foods has long had the reputation of importing the finest quality Italian delicacies to food lovers in New York, and Lou Di Palo has earned a reputation as one of America’s foremost authorities on the specialty artisan foods of Italy. Ruth Reichl, Editor and Chief of Gourmet Magazine calls shopping at Di Palo’s “One of the greatest pleasures of my life” and gushed to Gourmet’s readers in a recent newsletter that Di Palo Selects, is a “wonderful resource.”
About Lidia Bastianich
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an award winning chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and Public Television cooking show host. Her latest series, Lidia’s Italy, was nominated for an Emmy in 2008. She is also the host and author of several earlier series and companion books including Lidia’s Family Table, Lidia’s Italian American Kitchen and Lidia’s Italian Table. Lidia’s Family Table was nominated for Best National Cooking show in 2007. Together with her daughter, Tanya, she has written Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy, due out in October of 2009 along with another 52 episodes of Lidia’s Italy.
In addition to over ten years with Public Television, Lidia is well known for her acclaimed restaurants including the three-star Felidia and Del Posto restaurants in New York, the popular theater Becco restaurant and Lidia’s restaurants in Kansas City and Pittsburgh. Lidia was named Outstanding Chef – U.S. and Outstanding Chef – New York by the prestigious James Beard Foundation.
Lidia and son, Joseph Bastianich, well known wine expert and restaurateur of multiple locations in New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and beyond also produce award-winning wines at the Bastianich and La Mozza vineyards in Italy. Lidia is also active in Public Television fundraising and dedicates much of her time raising monies for organizations like Unifem as well as many other national and local charities. For more information on Lidia, visit www.lidiasitaly.com.
About Di Palo Selects
Di Palo Selects (www.dipaloselects.com), launched in the fall of 2008, carries the best artisan foods of Italy and communicates the rich culinary traditions and the story and behind each hand-selected product. Di Palo Selects offers Italy’s finest cheeses, pastas, salumi, olive oils, balsamic vinegars and more, personally selected by Lou Di Palo. “I love to visit the dedicated craftsman who make these great products, select unique items to bring back to the US, and very importantly to learn about the history and traditions of how these products are made, and what makes them so special,” says Lou Di Palo. “My passion is to share this knowledge with my customers so they feel transported to the small villages and farms of Italy where the products come from.”
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