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" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Food
Wine
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" I see how people connect with me on different level through my show, how they want to transport what I cook into their home kitchens for their own families. It's my responsibility to always make sure that is quality. "
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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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" Julia Child came to my house and wanted a lesson in making risotto. "
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" My grandmother was the genesis of my connection and passion to food. "
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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. "
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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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" My grandmother had a courtyard of animals, like goats and chickens. She made ricotta cheese, cooked with potatoes warm from the garden, grew everything from beans to wheat. It was simple, seasonal food, and we all ate what was produced 10 miles from where we lived. It was that way for centuries. "
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" 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. "
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Women
Revolution
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" Cooking is good therapy for me. "
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Cooking
Me
Therapy
" Cooking is about the ingredients and responding, but risotto, specifically, is about the technique. "
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Technique
About
" Food is culture. Food is an identity, a footprint of who you are. "
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Identity
You
Culture
" I think a ricotta cheesecake is very easy to make. "
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Easy
I Think
Make
" I'm simple in my approach and straightforward. I connect with the average person that is interested in food. "
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Straightforward
Food
" I just love engaging a live audience - I love that. "
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Love
Audience
Engaging
" My evolution came not as a plan but as opportunities came. People offer them when they see you're doing something well. It's up to you to recognize them, take them, and then dedicate yourself to them. "
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People
Yourself
You
" 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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Time
Space
Lunch
" 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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Belonging
Family
Roots
" As a chef, I feel that it is my duty to make the most of what the earth gives us. "
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Earth
Feel
Most
" Chemistry was my college interest. Cooking is about chemistry. "
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Chemistry
College
Interest
" I am blessed that the food business is good for me. Good to me. "
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Business
Blessed
Me
" I think people make it too systematic in a way, like it's a chemistry formula. Food is not like that; food is very forgiving. Connecting and making do with a lot of the food elements can be fun and exciting. "
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Fun
People
" Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest. "
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Your
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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World
" I love making apple strudel. "
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Apple
I Love
" The filming happens in my home, and I cook like I do at home, on my home stove with my house pots and so on. That's who I am. I am very true to my real profile. "
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True
Home
" 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. "
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Culture
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" 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. "
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Love
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" Holidays - any holiday - are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together. "
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Focus
Any
Great