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" Choose recipes like a base recipe; make a big pot of soup and freeze it. From then on, you can take it in any direction. Another day put rice in it, or then put corn or sausages. From there, it's endless. "

Lidia Bastianich

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" The best things - when I really feel that I'm communicating, and when I really feel that people are getting it - are simple, straightforward recipes. I think simple is the hardest to achieve because you don't have all those elements to hide behind. "

" The food of a country is my story. It is a small story, but people relate so much to it. I want to share that, but also the idea of bringing people and family together. "

" When I started as a young chef, I was Italian, and I was a woman, and everyone else in New York was French and a man. "

" Younger generations, they ask more questions, like on a recipe. But they ask them online. If my staff doesn't know how to answer it, I will answer. "

Lidia Bastianich

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Know

" With the Industrial Revolution, the production of food was delegated to big companies in order for women and men to be in the labour force, to come home, stick something in the oven, and eat. It became a big industry that does not have a love affair with food nor is really concerned about nurturing you or giving you the right nutrition. "

" Don't accept what a grocery store has for you. Tell the store to get you want you want. If you want honey from a local farmer, organic honey, you tell them. We are in control. It's up to us as the consumer to get what we want. "

Lidia Bastianich

Farmer

Control

" I'll get home from work on Friday night and take out some beans and soak them. The next morning, I'll put them in a pot for soup, then just keep chopping, chopping, chopping - carrots and celery and cabbage - and in two or three hours, you have this wonderful, mellow soup that fills up the whole house with its aroma. "

" Chemistry was my college interest. Cooking is about chemistry. "

" I love cooking vegan. Anybody can come in any time to any of our restaurants and get a vegan meal or a gluten-free meal as well. "

" My grandmother was the genesis of my connection and passion to food. "

" Food is all about the story of a people through the ages. "

" Cooking is good therapy for me. "

Lidia Bastianich

Cooking

Therapy

" I am the perfect example that if you give somebody a chance, especially here in the United States, one can find the way. "

" I was born in Allied-controlled Pola. At the end of World War II, the victorious wartime Allied powers negotiated the details of peace treaties and borders with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. The Paris Treaty was signed on February 10, 1947. I was born a few days later. "

" Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion. "

" Food feeds our souls. It is the single great unifier across all cultures. The table offers a sanctuary and a place to come together for unity and understanding. "

" All of my books have been about authentic Italian food in Italy and bringing that message about simple and authentic food. "

" Cooking is about the ingredients and responding, but risotto, specifically, is about the technique. "

" When you sit down to eat at a table, you are ready to take in nourishment - we all need to eat to live. Even in primal tribes, people ate together. It's the opening for friendship. "

" When you are the host, you have to take the party into your hands like a conductor. "

" There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy. "

Lidia Bastianich

People

Great

" America has many cultures which makes it great, but it's difficult to create one strong identity. "

" I love telling stories. You know why I love it? Because people love listening. "

" That's the beauty of risotto. You can make it any flavor you want. It's a great carrier. "

" A box of spaghetti can take seven minutes to cook, and you can make a sauce at that time with perhaps garlic, olive oil, and zucchini. Then you've got yourself a complete meal. The whole thing shouldn't take more than half an hour. "

Lidia Bastianich

Oil

Meal

" I think traditions change and modify with each generation. With new members joining the family, their customs and traditions have to be respected and combined with the exiting traditions. And the children that follow are part of that new evolving tradition and, as they grow, will have input that will, in turn, continue to evolve that tradition. "

" As a chef, I feel that it is my duty to make the most of what the earth gives us. "

" In 1981, we opened Felidia, and the newspapers, the city papers, the big timers came, and I got invited on the 'Today Show' and so on. A lot of food luminaries would come to Felidia - Julia Child, James Beard, they all came. "

" By cooking with your kids, you can help them understand that food is a powerful tool in connecting human beings. "