Michel Boucher wrote:

> >> She was born Lidia Motika. Bastianich is her husband's name.
> >
> > So what?
>
> So she is most likely from an Italian family living along the
> Adriatic coast. Someone was saying she wasn't Italian, I am
> pointing out that she most likely is Italian by culture, or
> sufficiently anyway, although not born a citizen of Italy.

Doesn't she speak English with an Italian accent?

> It's not all about you, Nun ;-)

Of course it is. How little of Mary you know.