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" I'm simple in my approach and straightforward. I connect with the average person that is interested in food. "
Lidia Bastianich
Simple
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Food
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" All of my books have been about authentic Italian food in Italy and bringing that message about simple and authentic food. "
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" When I say, 'Everybody to the table and eat,' I mean it. That is the glue, the center that holds the family, that gives security. Good food brings everybody to the table. "
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" I love teaching. "
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" Cooking is about the ingredients and responding, but risotto, specifically, is about the technique. "
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About
" 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. "
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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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" What I learned being a young child was respect for food. Don't throw anything away. "
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Young
Throw
" Chemistry was my college interest. Cooking is about chemistry. "
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Interest
" I am the perfect example that if you give somebody a chance, especially here in the United States, one can find the way. "
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You
Perfect
" I cherish my beautiful Italian heritage. "
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Italian
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Heritage
" Whether you talk about the olive oil, whether you talk about Aceto Balsamico, whether you talk about Grana Padano, whether you talk about Mozzarella di Bufala. These are all traditional Italian products that are hard to beat, and they're easy to transport and buy. You don't have to do much around it. Just eat them. "
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Eat
Hard
" You should just feel comfortable with food and your own culinary culture, whatever your mother and grandmother know. "
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Food
" 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. "
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Farmer
Accept
Control
" 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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Nature
Me
Live
" 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. "
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New York
Chef
Man
" You can freeze a nice sponge cake and then have a strawberry shortcake any time. "
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You
Time
" 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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Winning
Business
Commitment
" 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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Home
Quality
Responsibility
" 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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Nice
Vegetables
You
" Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion. "
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Digestion
Italians
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" I am blessed that the food business is good for me. Good to me. "
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Business
Blessed
Me
" I love making apple strudel. "
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Apple
I Love
" If you're like me, food is a medium for communication. It's an expression of love and affection. "
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Communication
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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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Space
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" I love that I've become a mentor, almost like a mother, to all the people out there that love Italian, that love cooking. I seem to make them comfortable. "
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People
Love
" 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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Memory
Remember
Honey
" 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 Life
Days
Day
" 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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Family
Children
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" Food is culture. Food is an identity, a footprint of who you are. "
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Identity
You
Culture