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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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Culture
Them
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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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" 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. "
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" Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest. "
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" Nature recharges me. "
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" I am blessed that the food business is good for me. Good to me. "
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" Kids today are really so alienated from the source of food. If they are going to nourish themselves properly, if they are going to safeguard this environment we have and the economy that goes with it and world hunger that goes with it, they need to know about food. "
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" Make gifts meaningful by putting the time in creating them, whether baking and cooking, or in making arts and craft. It will all have more meaning for the giver and receiver. "
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" When I first came here, Italian food wasn't anything I recognized. I didn't know what Italian American food was; we never ate it at home. It was the food of immigrants who came here and made use of the ingredients they had. "
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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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" You can freeze a nice sponge cake and then have a strawberry shortcake any time. "
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" Cooking is about the ingredients and responding, but risotto, specifically, is about the technique. "
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" 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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" I love teaching. "
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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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" Cooking is good therapy for me. "
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" 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. "
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" Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion. "
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" America has many cultures which makes it great, but it's difficult to create one strong identity. "
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" 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. "
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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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" As a chef, I feel that it is my duty to make the most of what the earth gives us. "
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" When you invite friends over, especially for food, with the food you want to send out a message of affection, of appreciation, of celebration. But also of culture - who your family is. "
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" Food is all about the story of a people through the ages. "
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" 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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" It's important to let children fly on their own. I understood that they needed to create their own life and not be my shadow. Let them make their own decisions, and support them along the way. "
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