IT'S A LIDIA BASTIANICH BONANZA AT STEW LEONARD'S

Meet the Celebrity Chef, Get a Personally Autographed Copy of any of
her Four Cookbooks and Taste Her Best-Selling Marinara Sauce

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 FROM 11:00 UNTIL 1:00

WHAT
Lidia Bastianich is one of America's most beloved television chefs in addition to being a best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur and entrepreneur. Lidia will be autographing copies of her cookbooks at Stew Leonard's Norwalk store, which is selling the books at only $19.99 each:

• La Cucina Di Lidia: (Doubleday, 1990; $36.50/hardcover) Details the story of Lidia's family and her background. The recipes reflect Lidia's culinary heritage and regional cuisine of Northern Italy, especially Friuli-Venezia-Giulia. Lidia also discusses wines and spirits of Italy and offers wine suggestions for many dishes.
  
• Lidia's Italian Table: (William Morrow, 1998; $30.00/hardcover) is the companion book to the 39-part Public Television series of the same title. Lidia's Italian Table invites you on a journey with Lidia from her childhood to witness how it developed her love for food and desire to share it. The book contains an abundance of recipes and cooking tips, as well as remembrances from her childhood in the Istrian town of Pula on the Adriatic Sea.
  
• Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen: (Knopf, 2001, $35.00/hardcover) is her most personal and instructive cookbook to date, focusing on Lidia's own experience in America, and her connection in Italian-American cuisine.
  
• Lidia's Family Table: (Knopf, 2004, $35.00/hardcover) is Lidia's most generous, instructive, and creative cookbook. The emphasis here is on cooking for the family, and her book is filled with unusually delicious basic recipes for everyday eating Italian-style, as well as imaginative ideas for variations and improvisations. The cookbook is the companion to her new Public Television series of the same name, which began airing in April 2005.
  
• Lidia's Flavors of Italy Gourmet Pasta Sauce will be sampled.

WHO
Lidia Bastianich is widely regarded as the "First Lady of Italian cuisine and restaurants in the United States." She was named "Outstanding Chef" in 2002 and "Best Chef in New York" in 1999 by the James Beard Foundation. She is the owner of the New York City restaurant Felidia, named by Zagat as one of the Top Italian restaurants and among the Top 50 overall restaurants. For more information on Lidia, visit www.lidiasitaly.com.

WHEN
Saturday, November 26, 2005 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M.

WHERE
Stew Leonard's 100 Westport Avenue, Norwalk, CT
In the new heated holiday greenhouse, to the right of the store entrance.