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" Simplicity in preparation is the Italian way. Make easy dishes, and then you can elaborate the final preparation by decorating with vegetables or herbs or adding a dash of olive oil. "

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" There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy. "

Lidia Bastianich

People

Great

" Italian food really reflects the people. It reflects like a prism that fragments into regions. "

" Telling my grandchildren stories of my growing up is some of our favorite times spent together. They want to know what it was like and what I did as a child. They seem to be especially interested in the organic and simplistic setting I grew up in. "

" I started in the restaurant industry when I was 22, so I've had quite a long tenure, if you will. "

" 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

Oil

Meal

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

" You can freeze a nice sponge cake and then have a strawberry shortcake any time. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Italian food is seasonal. It is simple. It is nutritionally sound. It is flavorful. It is colorful. It's all the things that make for a good eating experience, and it's good for you. "

" 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. "

" What I do is my life, but it's not like I spend 18 hours a day, seven days a week in the restaurants. "

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

Lidia Bastianich

Business

Blessed

" Physically, women have some challenges in the kitchen, like lifting heavy pots on and off the stove. You learn to adapt; you learn to find a way. But the biggest challenge for women in this industry is how to balance a family with such a demanding career. "

" 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. "

" I think Chicago's a great city. Like New York, it's full of energy. "

" I cherish my beautiful Italian heritage. "

" I love telling stories. You know why I love it? Because people love listening. "

" Nature recharges me. "

Lidia Bastianich

Nature

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

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

" The service of food is to nurture, to please, to nourish. "

" Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest. "

Lidia Bastianich

Treasure

Your

" 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. "

" What I learned being a young child was respect for food. Don't throw anything away. "

" 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

Control

" 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. "

" When you are the host, you have to take the party into your hands like a conductor. "

" All of my books have been about authentic Italian food in Italy and bringing that message about simple and authentic food. "

" 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. "