This show is all about making your life easier, and one thing that Lidia always teaches us is to think of recipes as roadmaps that you can and should personalize. Lidia’s Winter Minestrone soup can use any kind of hearty green. She gets a call from friend Tomasso Mazzanti, famous Italian sandwich maker, and discusses all the creative possibilities you can dream up when building a sandwich. And her Matalota-Style Mixed Fish Stew is also flexible, she suggests you change it according to what is available in your market. Lidia empowers us as usual to make the recipes work for us!