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" Julia Child came to my house and wanted a lesson in making risotto. "
Lidia Bastianich
Lesson
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Making
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" Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better. "
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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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Simple
Food
Books
" Food is culture. Food is an identity, a footprint of who you are. "
Lidia Bastianich
Identity
You
Culture
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
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You
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Day
Soup
You
" Chemistry was my college interest. Cooking is about chemistry. "
Lidia Bastianich
Chemistry
College
Interest
" My grandmother was the genesis of my connection and passion to food. "
Lidia Bastianich
Connection
Passion
Food
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Want
Trade
I Can
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Paris
Details
World
" I am blessed that the food business is good for me. Good to me. "
Lidia Bastianich
Business
Blessed
Me
" I love cooking vegan. Anybody can come in any time to any of our restaurants and get a vegan meal or a gluten-free meal as well. "
Lidia Bastianich
Meal
Time
Vegan
" I love teaching. "
Lidia Bastianich
I Love
Love
Teaching
" What I learned being a young child was respect for food. Don't throw anything away. "
Lidia Bastianich
Child
Young
Throw
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Say
Food
Focus
" I was an immigrant. I came here at 12. We were caught behind the Iron Curtain until I was 10. "
Lidia Bastianich
Behind
Curtain
Here
" I just love engaging a live audience - I love that. "
Lidia Bastianich
Love
Audience
Engaging
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
New York
Chef
Man
" There is a history to Italian food that goes back thousands of years, and there's a basic value of respecting food. America is young and doesn't have that. "
Lidia Bastianich
History
Value
America
" I had my first child at 21, my first restaurant at 24. "
Lidia Bastianich
Restaurant
First Child
First
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
People
Yourself
You
" By cooking with your kids, you can help them understand that food is a powerful tool in connecting human beings. "
Lidia Bastianich
Powerful
Food
Cooking
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Think
Love
I Am
" My success is that I have these two great cultures behind me. One is Italian. I've continued to nurture that. But I also feel very American. "
Lidia Bastianich
Me
Two
American
" When you are the host, you have to take the party into your hands like a conductor. "
Lidia Bastianich
Party
Take
You
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Place
Great
Food
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
More
Oil
Meal
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Good
Peace
Positive
" Why do you think millennials are so into food? It's the way they relate to each other. "
Lidia Bastianich
Food
Millennials
Way
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Time
Space
Lunch
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Farmer
Accept
Control