Lidia Celebrates America

Losing ‘Home’

Clip: Special | 2m  | Video has closed captioning.

Hear what it was like for Maria and Marco Peña, whose home was destroyed by the devastating flood waters associated with Hurricane Harvey, in 2017. Lidia connects with the family and talks about what it’s like lose your home, a feeling she experienced, viewers learn, when she entered a refugee camp in Trieste, Italy at the age of ten.

Aired: 12/14/21

Rating: NR

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Funding for LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

A Table of the World

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A Table of the World

To celebrate and the adventures she had making 'Flavors That Define Us', Lidia organizes a potluck-style meal, in Washington D.C., where immigrants, now new friends, share food that is meaningful to them.

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