Lidia Celebrates America
Gumbo: A Nigerian and American Southern Comfort Food Style
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 1 | 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Toyin Alli brings Gumbo to the potluck for Lidia's special 'Flavors That Define Us.'
Toyin Alli brings Chicken 'n Beef Andouille Sausage Gumbo and a side of white rice to the celebratory potluck for Lidia's special 'Flavors That Define Us'. Her father’s Nigerian/West African cooking, and her African-American mother’s experimenting in the kitchen, influenced Toyin’s culinary successes, as well as this dish which blends American Southern comfort food with West African cuisine.
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Lidia Celebrates America
Gumbo: A Nigerian and American Southern Comfort Food Style
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 1 | 58sVideo has Closed Captions
Toyin Alli brings Chicken 'n Beef Andouille Sausage Gumbo and a side of white rice to the celebratory potluck for Lidia's special 'Flavors That Define Us'. Her father’s Nigerian/West African cooking, and her African-American mother’s experimenting in the kitchen, influenced Toyin’s culinary successes, as well as this dish which blends American Southern comfort food with West African cuisine.
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25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
Roll back the years and take an intimate look at the trajectory of Lidia's life both on and off the screen. Delve into her inspiring journey with engaging videos, and meet the remarkable woman whose legacy continues to shine.- My name is Toyin Alli, and I brought chicken and beef sausage gumbo, which blends my heritage, Nigerian and Southern roots.
My dad is Nigerian, my mom is African American.
He took about five recipes from Nigeria to the US.
And we circulated those five Nigerian recipes a lot on our dinner table.
But we often would mix a lot of southern comfort food with Nigerian food.
And a light bulb went off when I visited New Orleans.
I realized that that was actually the food that was the marriage between the two of them.
So there's okra in there.
There's ground smoked shrimp, which I feel like are takeaways from West African food, and then there's chicken and beef sausage and rice that to me, is kind of more like my mother's southern comfort food.
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Clip: S2023 Ep1 | 3m 55s | In Houston, Texas, Lidia makes a braised pork belly dish with blind chef Christine Ha. (3m 55s)
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Preview: S2023 Ep1 | 1m 41s | Lidia Bastianich shares stories of immigrants shaping what it means to be an American. (1m 41s)
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Clip: S2023 Ep1 | 50s | Jeanine Prime brings Goat Curry to a potluck for Lidia's special 'Flavors That Define Us'. (50s)
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Clip: S2023 Ep1 | 1m 3s | Naz Ash brings Persian Baklava to a potluck for Lidia's special 'Flavors That Define Us'. (1m 3s)
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