Lidia's Italy in America

Philadelphia's Sarcone's Bakery; a tour of artisanal Italian imports at 9th Street Market; chicken trombino; stuffed escarole; pignoli cookies.

Homegrown Italian-American meal at Maugeri Farms; artichoke soup; stuffed vegetables; radicchio, goat cheese and raisin salad.

Merante's Gifts; Primanti Bros. restaurant; baked ziti; capicola and cheese; fettuccine mafalde.

Fishing village of Gloucester, Mass.; Scialo Bros. Bakery in Providence, R.I.; spaghetti with lobster sauce; Boston cream pie cupcakes.

The Central Grocery in New Orleans' Sicilian Quarter; marinated artichokes; muffuletta sandwich with ricotta, anchovies and olive oil.

Brady Whitlow of Corto Olive discusses producing Italian-style olive oil; Seghesio Family Vineyards; pesto salmon BLT; pesto chicken salad; spaghetti with basil and pistachio pesto; fusilli with spinach-walnut pesto.

Volpi Foods in St. Louis offers a variety of cured Italian meats; the Hill in St. Louis; macaroni and cheese; veal hamburger parmigiano; braised escarole.

Mario Fantasma, owner of Paradise Locker Meats, discusses heritage pork; tour of Lidia's Kansas City; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; steak pizzaiola; roasted potato wedges; ricotta cookies.

Piazza DiMaggio and the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame in Chicago; LaFrieda Meats; pasta with lentils; Italian beef sandwich; lemon ice.

Crabbing off Tangier Island in Virginia; mussels Triestina; stuffed tomatoes; crab cakes.

Pasta alla primavera; fettuccine Alfredo; spaghetti aglio e olio.

St. Joseph's Day celebration; pasta with sardines; Italian-American meatloaf; olive oil mashed potatoes; St. Joseph's fig cookies.

Broccoli rabe; baked stuffed shells; penne with artichokes; bacon orecchiette.

Clamming on Long Island, N.Y.; tour of Boston's North End; clams casino; baked clams oreganata.

Faicco's Pork Store in Brooklyn, N.Y.; spaghetti carbonara; sausage and peppers.

Caputo's Fresh Markets in Elmwood Park, Ill.; cauliflower soup; chicken Vesuvio.

Di Pasquale's Italian Marketplace in Baltimore; spiedini alla Romana; minestrone; Civic Club sandwich.

Fried zucchini prosciutto; scallion and egg sandwich; celery, artichoke and mortadella salad.

Italian-American shrimp; gnocchi with gorgonzola.

Crescent City Farmers Market; meat-stuffed eggplant; veal scaloppine marsala; cappuccino cake.

King crab legs; stuffed artichokes; cioppino.

Ricotta and sausage-filled ravioli; struffoli.

Gasbarro's Wines; crabbing in Chesapeake Bay; Gloucester, Mass.; fishing off New York's coast.

Fresh mozzarella; traditional Italian pizza Margherita; sausage and spinach calzone.

Peperoncini; shrimp parmigiano; shrimp scampi; shrimp fra diavolo.

Giant squid Milanese; stuffed mushrooms; spinach salad.