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All Quotes by author - Lidia Bastianich

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Cooking for somebody is very personal. "

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

" Cooking is good therapy for me. "

" 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. "

" Eating is something we all have to do. When we sit down at the table, we nurture ourselves, and hence, all our resistance goes away. We are open to receiving good and taking it in with gusto and pleasure. "

" Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better. "

" Everybody can cook. You don't have to do anything fancy. You can do a nice antipasto spread with sardines, anchovies, some meats, marinated vegetables, fruits, cheese, nuts, and crackers. "

" 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. "

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

" Food is culture. Food is an identity, a footprint of who you are. "

" Food is kind of my entry card into everything. Food kind of opens the doors... because food is peace. It's good; it's positive. "

" Food is the common language for all of us. "

" For me, it's the ultimate to be able to nurture and nourish someone. They trust you. It's a basic form of intimacy in a community. "

" Holidays - any holiday - are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together. "

" I am a transporter of the Italian culture - culinary culture, family culture - because I love it, I thrive in it, and I think it's the right way. "

" I am blessed that the food business is good for me. Good to me. "

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

" I attended classes and taught classes, in Food Anthropology at Pace University, with an anthropology professor. You can trace history by the architecture and food of a place. Food is one of those things that transcends and stays in the culture. "

" I cherish my beautiful Italian heritage. "

" I cooked for the two Popes that were here. Pope Francis I cooked for and Pope Benedict before him. Pope Benedict is German. And I did a little research - his mother was a chef. "

" I develop trust, and I think it's the most important to my growth. If my restaurants are always full and my books sell, it's this trust. "

" If I'm not tasting wine and food... I'm thinking about wine and food. If I'm not thinking about wine and food... I'm writing about wine and food. "

" I found great rewards in cooking a dish and feeding it to someone. It was a means of communicating. I was giving part of my talent or my gift and sharing it with somebody, making somebody happy. And it gave a lot back to me, and I wanted to do more and more. "

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