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" Nature recharges me. "

Lidia Bastianich

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" My grandmother was the genesis of my connection and passion to food. "

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" I'll get home from work on Friday night and take out some beans and soak them. The next morning, I'll put them in a pot for soup, then just keep chopping, chopping, chopping - carrots and celery and cabbage - and in two or three hours, you have this wonderful, mellow soup that fills up the whole house with its aroma. "

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" I am blessed that the food business is good for me. Good to me. "

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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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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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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" I love making apple strudel. "

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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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" By cooking with your kids, you can help them understand that food is a powerful tool in connecting human beings. "

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" In 1981, we opened Felidia, and the newspapers, the city papers, the big timers came, and I got invited on the 'Today Show' and so on. A lot of food luminaries would come to Felidia - Julia Child, James Beard, they all came. "

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" 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. "

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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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" If you're like me, food is a medium for communication. It's an expression of love and affection. "

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" Food is all about the story of a people through the ages. "

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" The best things - when I really feel that I'm communicating, and when I really feel that people are getting it - are simple, straightforward recipes. I think simple is the hardest to achieve because you don't have all those elements to hide behind. "

Lidia Bastianich

" 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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" 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 love teaching. "

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" Food is culture. Food is an identity, a footprint of who you are. "

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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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" 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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" I found great rewards in cooking a dish and feeding it to someone. It was a means of communicating. I was giving part of my talent or my gift and sharing it with somebody, making somebody happy. And it gave a lot back to me, and I wanted to do more and more. "

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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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" Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better. "

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" I think a ricotta cheesecake is very easy to make. "

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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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