Lidia Bastianich’s Hair Looks BETTER THAN EVER!

She scalped her slave. Looks good.

[quote] I want the secrets of Italian hair!

That bitch ain't Eye-talian!

He's looking good.

years ago

Her son is hot

love her hate her son

Why?^

The son is everything Lydia isn't ... rude, pushy, full of himself, narcissistic.

So, he’s basically your typical Datalounger, is what I gather, R8.

She finally found a blonde Asian and got herself a good weave.

I see the baldness gene runs in the family. Funny, old nonna has a mass of white curls. Must be a wig hat.

[quote]The son is everything Lydia isn't ... rude, pushy, full of himself, narcissistic.

You obviously don’t know Lydia.

r12 You obviously don't know how to spell her name.

Now if she just got that nose fixed, she'd look just like Martha Stewart.

I went with R8’s spelling.

Yeah, Lidia known far and wide for being a first-class, Ana Wintour-level cunt. She kept a slave for Christ’s sake!

I have often said that Lydia’s hair is a marvel of modern medicine with it’s Lazarus-like resurrection. She probably went to Bosley. A lace front wig would be much fuller than her current hair.

r15 So if r8 jumped off a bridge, would you follow him?

"Better than ever"? I guess you were making a funny. It's not like it was ever going to look worse than it always did.

new dentures too!

I rarely think anything she cooks on her show is appealing.

Better as pig food actually.

Her son is a rather sexy bald guy. He used to be really heavy - my guess is that he found himself an Rx for Adderall and a personal trainer. He isn't a very friendly guy - Iv'e met Lidia and Joe quite a few times. She was plenty nice (maybe a show, but..). He plays the sommelier role when he does make appearances at restaurants.

Be careful of wigs.

Her son is a big TV star in Italy...MasterChef, Top Gear....does lots of commercials.

She looks like a saint when you meet her.

Her son is a crook. He was business partners with that other crooked fat fuck Mario Batali when together they stole a huge sum of money in server tips from their employees. They were sued and lost the case and had to fork over $5 million to the employees. It was after that that he fled the US for Italy.

She looks like Boris Johnson.

Joe looks like Stewie Griffin.

[quote]Her son is a crook.

With a mother who keeps a slave, you think the son is going to turn out right?

She's Croatian, isn't she?

Istrian?

Sommelier, pronounced "some-liar".

Is Istrian like "lesbian"?

She a dang "ich" -- Slavonian.

Her hair looks dykey.

She’s a dykey witch

I must admit the food she whips up looks damn good, but I don't know how she works with all those bracelets on her wrist.

She’s a gypsy whore

When you have a slave you can afford good wigs.

I can't decide which one I'd like to bitchslap more, Lidia or Judge Judy.

[quote] She’s a gypsy whore

I loved that Crystal Waters song!

Lidia is a c*** with a capital C but at least she's a legit chef who paid her dues in the business.

Her son is just a douchebag asshole who'd be nothing without mommy's fame and connections.

Seriously, who the fawk is Lidia Bastianich?

100% agree, R40.

they own eataly, great concept but a completely overrated experience.

I've never seen the first season of her PBS show rerun anywhere, but all her others shows are rerun forever.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact the first season sew as a very down to earth personality and used to describe her first restaurant as a neighborhood "spaghetti house".

Then Joe came along and suddenly it was a "bistro" with lines around the corner waiting to get in to taste her authentic Italian cooking.

Over the years and with each new show her backstory has become more embellished.

She is not Italian. But she doesn't mind if you think she is.

FYI her recipes are crap.

Hair Club for woman? That rug needs some work. doesn't that cunt know about extension?

[quote]FYI her recipes are crap

I think her recipes are ok, but she uses way too much olive oil and cheese. I've made a few of her recipes but I cut back on the oil and cheese, if the recipe calls for it.

If you've seen one of her recipes you've seen almost all. Something with a ton of red pepper flakes, marinara sauce and cheese, that's pretty much it.

Her cooking is incredibly basic - nothing exciting ever. I think that she is great for a beginner who is attempting to learn the BASICS of Italian cooking. It pretty much ends there. Her restaurants are often gorgeous from a decor standpoint, but again the food is really lacking.

[quote] She's Croatian, isn't she?

[quote] Istrian?

Yes. From Pula, in Istria. Actually, her original last name is Motika ("Hoe" in Serbo-Croatian) which, when they emigrated to North America, they italianized to "Matticchio" since it's pronounced similarly.

Joe is apparently famous on Italian TV because he can't speak Italian for shit.

Giada shaded her in an interview years ago. I don’t think they’re friends...G said that Lidia was boring.

Hey, Giada --at least I eat the food I cook, bitch.

On TV she's sweet as pie and reminded my of my grandmother. Working in her restaurant, and meeting her she's as sour as a shit sandwich, and can eat it out of my asshole. Bitch has enough dollars to get a good weave, or bush transplant. She and her son can rot in hell for stealing from her servers.

She had her grandson on a few times and he was very good looking and very tv-ready. Underage alas. That was several years ago.

Which son went to Loyola School?

Someone posted a story about her striding into one of her restaurants for a TV segment for her show and ignoring everyone. When the cameras arrived she acted grandmotherly and said everyone in the restaurant was her family. When the taping was finished she walked out without saying a word to anyone.

R57 - I was invited by a very well-connected NYC friend to the grand opening of one of her restaurants (I live in LA and knew nothing about her outside of the PBS cooking shows). Joe is a jerk (he thinks that he is a De Niro-level star). She was somewhat friendly, but you can tell that it is all an act; honestly she seemed bored with it all and irritated. You can tell that her staff dislikes her - she critiqued their every move and often times seemed to make matters worse. My take is that no matter what you do and no matter how well you do it - she will want the opposite.

She looks like my super's wife, they're both from Romania. The super is way past retirement age but he's hanging on to dear life to his free large pre-war apartment! Cannot stand him. Can't wait until he leaves.

She's not really Italian, she's Croatian.

I once saw her show when she was cooking a ragu...she put potatoes & bell pepper in it. No real Italian does that.

Does this old bald woman actually tell people she's Italian? I know she has a cooking show and her son was involved in some scandal in NYC with that fat turd Mario Batali, but I don't know much about her.

The last name Bastianich sure doesn't sound Italian. That alone should give her away!

FYI, 'Italian filmmaker' Lina Wertmuller isn't Italian either! Lina's full name: Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich!

Wertmuller was born in Rome. Father Swiss, mother Italian.

I'm quite aware Lina was born in Italy. Her bio lists her as Swiss.

Even if her mother is Italian, that doesn't make her 100% Italian. I'm one quarter Italian, I sure don't tell everyone I'm 100% Italian.

Wertmuller is Italian. No, her bio does not "list her as Swiss".

She's not "that great Swiss director Lina Wertmuller".

[quote] My take is that no matter what you do and no matter how well you do it - she will want the opposite.

In my experience R58 that describes pretty much every Italian.

I don't think any of these TV chefs are nice to the people who work for them or to fans once the cameras are off. There is something about people in that profession. Like the old chefs in France who actually beat their students for slight mistakes.

[quote]Wertmuller is Italian. No, her bio does not "list her as Swiss".

Actually her bio does list her as Swiss. She's Italian by birth, but her family is Swiss. Just like Giselle Bunchen is Brazilian by birth, but her parents are German. "Bündchen is a sixth-generation Brazilian of German descent."

Lina W's bio at Wiki, lists her as Swiss, "Wertmüller was born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich in Rome in 1928 to a devoutly Roman Catholic Swiss family of aristocratic descent. She was a rebellious child, and was expelled from more than a dozen Catholic schools. Though her father wanted her to become a lawyer she enrolled in theatre school."

R66, I saw an interview with Cat Cora talking about her apprenticeship in France. She said she threw away some parsley stalks and the chef saw her do it and slapped her. The interviewer was shocked, but Kat said the chef slapped everyone so she didn't take it personally.

R67 Give it up. You're ridiculous.

From her bio:

"Lina Wertmüller, all'anagrafe Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich (Roma, 14 agosto 1928, è una regista e sceneggiatrice italiana"

"Nasce a Roma il 14 agosto del 1928, da Federico, un avvocato lucano di lontane e nobili origini svizzere, proveniente da Palazzo San Gervasio (provincia di Potenza), e da Maria Santamaria-Maurizio, romana."

Lidia is a lovely person and genuinely nice. I've been to her restaurant many time, and she is unfailingly friendly every time I've seen her. Her daughter is also very lovely. Joe is another story. He's full of himself. I heard him once disparage his grandmother as common. You're from Queens, buddy. Your mother is the reason for your success. Show a little humility and gratitude..

[quote]She and her son can rot in hell for stealing from her servers.

And her slave.

"BETTER THAN EVER!" implies it ever looked good, which it didn't.

R72, no it doesn’t. It describes the current state of her hair as looking better than how it always looked before, which is a matter of personal opinion.

Uh...okay, R73. You believe what you like. I shall do the same.

I just don’t see the implication. It just means more better than before. She HAS had a slow but gradual improvement. R4’s picture is from, like, the early 90s. A few years ago she got some more density and it was strawberry blonde. Now it’s much thicker and the bangs are an improvement from the severe parting. Better than ever.

[quote]The last name Bastianich sure doesn't sound Italian. That alone should give her away!

That is her married name, dumbass, her maiden name was Mattichio.

Istria was part of the Venetian Republic for centuries, and was part of Italy from the end of WWI to the end of WWII. The people were a mix of both Slavic and Italian. Those living in the cities along the coast tended more toward the Italian (due to trade) and those inland more Slavic

My MIL's family came from Istria in the early 20c and were Austrians, my FIL was born in Istria between the wars and was an Italian citizen. MIL family spoke only Italian, and cooked Italian. FIL spoke the Slavic dialect. Both family names ended in "ich",.

Had Lydia been born 4 years earlier, she would have been an Italian citizen. After WWII and the formation of Yugoslavia, Istrians who considered themselves Italians were "strongly encouraged" (forced) to emigrate and many ended up in refugee centers in Italy. See "Istrian Exodus"

The son is a piece of entitled shit. Will switch the channel every time I happen to see him. Zero appeal. Zero talent

"She need ta kwit!"

R69, Che ne dici di andare a farti fottere!

[quote]The son is a piece of entitled shit. Will switch the channel every time I happen to see him. Zero appeal. Zero talent.

He's Queens trash acting like some sort of royalty. I remember some TV show where he was talking about his many custom guitars. What a poseur and unattractive too.

Don't tell me, he fucks fashion models?!

Tutti a tavola a mangiare ... ed a bere!

I like her KC restaurant GM, Cody Hogan and partner Peter Crump. They live in an adorable craftsman bungalow across from my old grade school.

Yes the son is so very unattractive...inside AND outside

r82 I've seen Cody on her show once or twice.

Thank you, R76. I've tried to say this on other Lidia threads. She is from a completely Italian heritagebloodline. The Istrian Exodus is a real thing. Her entire extended family still live in Italy. Her mother speaks with a heavy Italian accent because she IS Italian. I had one of the best meals of my life at Felidia and I use her recipes all the time. To say they're all alike is just idiotic. She knows that Italians don't live on spaghetti and red sauce. They use abundant fresh vegetables, some meat and local cheeses. I think she's an extraordinary chef. Joe Bastianich is, however, a huge dick who is pissed that he wouldn't be anywhere in life had he not been born of a famous, hard-working mother. I've watched her programs for many years. He's always been a miserable prick.

I have Croatian ancestry on my dad's side—his mother's parents were from Dalmatia, south of Istria along the Adriatic coast. I did a 23andMe test that showed I had significant Italian ancestry, and I didn't make the connection to Croatia until I did some Googling.

Istria? Never heard of it.

She's fabulous and her recipes are real Italian food. Whenever I serve something from her cook books there are always plenty of compliments.

OP must be a lesbian to believe L's hair looks good. This is a case for a good wig.

Istria? Sounds like a urinary tract infection.

I don't care WTF she is, Slavic, Croatian, Italian, who gives a shit. This woman kept an Italian immigrant as a slave!

Lei è pura spazzatura e una grande troia! Potrebbe anche essere nella mafia!

She looks like a short fat preteen boy.

Don't care for her show on the CREATE channel.

Don't care for her, her show, her cooking, her recipes, her ill mannered way of eating, her ugly rude son, her restaurants, her filty lucre, her dubious heritage, let alone her thinning hair. She more than likely obtained the hair from her slave to make a weave or hairpiece.

May it be killed with fire, and if there is a G-d, please let it be a grease fire.

I was okay with her until the slave incident happened in Douglaston. I live in a city where she has a restaurant. The food is often excellent, but generally uneven. And when it's bad, it's really, truly awful. I ordered panna cotta once that must have had more gelatin in it than cream.

All along, though, just watching her shows, I'd always think "She's no Marcella. She's no Giuliano." I watch her shows from time to time, but I've never felt I HAD to watch them, as I do with Martha Stewart's Cooking School or ATK. Or Ina, of course, on Food Network.

The slave was just an allegation. She was never found guilty.

I watched her shows a few times, I never learned crap from this fake Italian Lesbian.

I like the shows, so soothing, like Bob the art guy. I like Mary Ann Esposito too. Giada is nice but too perky. There’s some new MEN on Create. Some guy that tells stories while he cooks.

[quote]Some guy that tells stories while he cooks.

That would be Nick Stellino

Thanks, r98. Lidia looks fab, btw.

W/W for R96. Thanks for the laughs! She does ping, and probably is a closet case.

She reminds me of the little troll eraser heads I used to put on my pencils, after a haircut.