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" Chemistry was my college interest. Cooking is about chemistry. "
Lidia Bastianich
Chemistry
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" If we don't focus on when we eat - like, let's say we watch television or something - you eat much more. If you focus on the food - you smell it, you cook it - you're enjoying it already. "
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" Simplicity in preparation is the Italian way. Make easy dishes, and then you can elaborate the final preparation by decorating with vegetables or herbs or adding a dash of olive oil. "
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" I'm simple in my approach and straightforward. I connect with the average person that is interested in food. "
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" You can freeze a nice sponge cake and then have a strawberry shortcake any time. "
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" I started in the restaurant industry when I was 22, so I've had quite a long tenure, if you will. "
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" Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest. "
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" What really makes your business is your workers - their commitment, their knowledge, how you train them, how you treat them. They have to make the entity a winning entity. "
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" My grandmother taught me the seasonality of food. She lived with the rhythms of nature. That's the way we should live. Why do we need raspberries in January flown from Chile? "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Food is all about the story of a people through the ages. "
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" Italian food is seasonal. It is simple. It is nutritionally sound. It is flavorful. It is colorful. It's all the things that make for a good eating experience, and it's good for you. "
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" I just love engaging a live audience - I love that. "
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" Why do you think millennials are so into food? It's the way they relate to each other. "
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" Italy is so influenced by others: couscous in the south, cinnamon in the north because of the Venetian spice trade - I just want to divulge as much information as I can. "
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" When we're filming, I sometimes look into the camera and wonder who's out there, who will be watching. "
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" I'm not an entertainer - that's not what I do. I want to teach viewers; I want to show them. I want to share my culture. "
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" Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion. "
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" I had my first child at 21, my first restaurant at 24. "
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" What I continuously remember is when I was a child in the courtyard with my grandmother and we milked the goat and we made the ricotta. The still-warm ricotta from our goat, on top of a piece of bread, and we used to sprinkle just a little bit of honey or sugar on it. That flavor, that stays in my memory. "
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" I was an immigrant. I came here at 12. We were caught behind the Iron Curtain until I was 10. "
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" 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. "
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" What I do is my life, but it's not like I spend 18 hours a day, seven days a week in the restaurants. "
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" Traditions are our roots and a profile of who we are as individuals and who we are as a family. They are our roots, which give us stability and a sense of belonging - they ground us. "
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" Match the right food to the right occasion. Think about what you are celebrating. If you are honoring people, what are their favorite foods? If it is a holiday, what is the food for it? When you give an identity to the party, people appreciate that. "
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" I think that lunch is one of the most enjoyable and important things in the day. But you need to create the space and the time to do just that. And in Italy, we do that. "
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