Welcome back to What’s On Weekly, a new blog series from Prairie Public that gives you the inside scoop on each week’s program highlights. New posts publish weekly on Mondays.
This week, the premiere of the British limited series Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty, eight chefs compete on the new season of The Great American Recipe, and American Masters shows us how cookbook writer Marcella Hazan shaped Italian cuisine in America.
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
At the end of the fifteenth century, Italy was a place of extreme turbulence, betrayal, bloodshed and political upheaval. How and why did such unparalleled creativity flourish under these brutal conditions?
The three-part seriesRenaissance: The Blood and the Beauty explores the lives of three of the greatest artists in history — Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael — as they navigate a deadly snakes-and-ladders world of changing powerbrokers, violent warfare, and intense personal rivalry.
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The Great American Recipe: Season 4
Season 4 is here! Follow eight talented home cooks from different regions of the country as they compete weekly to win The Great American Recipe.
With a range of cooking styles infused by their backgrounds — from Bangladeshi to Belizean, Puerto Rican to Southern, Cajun to Afghan, Filipino to Thai — eight home cooks reflect the wealth of diversity that makes American food so vibrant and delicious.
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American Masters: Marcella Hazan
This week on American Masters, discover how celebrated author Marcella Hazan shaped Italian cuisine in America. After immigrating to New York in the 1950s, she began making authentic dishes from her Italian roots and inspired millions of Americans with her cookbooks.
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