By Ellen Gray

Lidia Bastianich knows how to party.

In "Freedom and Independence," the latest installment of "Lidia Celebrates America," the chef, cookbook author and longtime PBS host brings viewers along for a trip that takes her from a Fourth of July naturalization ceremony at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to the marking of Juneteenth - also known as Emancipation Day - in Galveston, Texas.

Naturally, there's a lot of food involved, including a meal prepared in Jefferson's kitchen and a visit to her friend Jacques Pepin's for a celebration of Bastille Day.

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