This week on thr Pop Life Podcast: an in-depth interview with culinary legend Lidia Bastianich. The television host, author, and restaurateur stopped by the Pop Life bar to talk about how growing up on her grandparents' farm affected her relationship with food… how she ended up in New York City working with a soon to be very famous actor and what dish every household should know how to make. 

Later in the show the “Pop Life” panel, celebrity chef Selwyn Richards, foodie and television host Pay Chen and The Globe and Mail’s national food reporter Ann Hui, talk about the intersection of food and community.