{"id":21804,"date":"2013-09-04T14:18:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T21:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=21804"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:19:14","slug":"festa-lidia-meet-lidia-bastianich-with-books-to-cooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/festa-lidia-meet-lidia-bastianich-with-books-to-cooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Festa Lidia &#8211; Meet Lidia Bastianich with Books to Cooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidia.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21806\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/festa-lidia-meet-lidia-bastianich-with-books-to-cooks\/lidia-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidia.png?fit=750%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,860\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lidia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidia.png?fit=750%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21806\" alt=\"Lidia\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidia-261x300.png?resize=261%2C300\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidia.png?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidia.png?resize=600%2C688&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidia.png?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a>Great Opportunity to meet THE Lidia Bastianich &#8211; GLV<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Monday, October 28, 2013\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">6:00pm \u2013 9:00pm<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Italian Cultural Centre\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=3075%20Slocan%20Street%20Vancouver,%20B.C.%20Canada\" target=\"_blank\">(map)<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">3075 Slocan Street<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Vancouver, B.C.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Celebrating Lidia is exactly what we plan to do tonight.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This event will be held in centre of the\u00a0Italian community,\u00a0<strong>The Italian Cultural Centre<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 The Vancouver Opera will sing arias from Tosca, the Luna Rossa Banda with Patricia Coletta, will provide music\u00a0for our\u00a0dancing pleasure.\u00a0 The kitchen will feed us appetisers from Lidia&#8217;s new book:\u00a0<em>Lidia&#8217;s<\/em>\u00a0<em>Commonsense Italian Cooking<\/em>, the wine provided will pair perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us for this very special opportunity to meet and cherish,<strong>Lidia Bastianich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: $65<\/strong>\u00a0includes everything,\u00a0each attendee will receive\u00a0a personalized copy of\u00a0<em>Lidia&#8217;s Commonsense Cooking.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>For those of you who come as a couple or family, this is the perfect opportunity to have a copy personalized for your favourite boss, nephew, auntie, teacher&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Please telephone 604.688.6755 to purchase your tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Opportunity to meet THE Lidia Bastianich &#8211; GLV Monday, October 28, 2013\u00a06:00pm \u2013 9:00pm Italian Cultural Centre\u00a0(map) 3075 Slocan Street Vancouver, B.C. 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