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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

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Simple

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Lidia Bastianich

Business

Blessed

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Farmer

Control

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