Kansas City Les Dames welcomed Grand Dame Lidia Bastianich back to Kansas City for another sold-out event at her namesake restaurant in the historic Freight House in the Crossroads Arts District that raised almost $5,000 for scholarships and other chapter projects. More than 70 guests turned out on a cold and snowy March evening for the three-course dinner and an intimate discussion about Bastianich’s work as a chef, author and television personality—as well as her reflections on having been a refugee, an experience thrown into relief by the current flight of so many Ukranians from war in that country. To … Read More