Transforming from a refugee to a celebrated chef might seem like a massive leap, but it happened to Lidia Bastianich. People may recognize her as the matron of the “mangiare” as she hosts her own cooking show on PBS. Now celebrating with a PBS special “25 Years with Lidia: a Culinary Jubilee,” Bastianich admits it wasn’t always so easy. Born in a part of Croatia that was once Italian, Bastianich and her family fled to Trieste, Italy, as communism began to spread. She was 10 years old when they escaped, but it was her grandmother’s farm in the old country where she first fell in love with food….