Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" The filming happens in my home, and I cook like I do at home, on my home stove with my house pots and so on. That's who I am. I am very true to my real profile. "

Related Quotes:

" 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

" The Caprese salad perfectly represents the colors of the Italian flag. While I am not so sure that the colors of the flag stem from the cuisine, there is no denying that those colors do evoke a typical Italian plate. "

" 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. "

" Cooking is good therapy for me. "

Lidia Bastianich

Cooking

Therapy

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

" 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? "

Lidia Bastianich

Nature

Live

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Cooking for somebody is very personal. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" When you sit down to eat at a table, you are ready to take in nourishment - we all need to eat to live. Even in primal tribes, people ate together. It's the opening for friendship. "

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

" When you invite friends over, especially for food, with the food you want to send out a message of affection, of appreciation, of celebration. But also of culture - who your family is. "

" 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. "

" We had our wheat. We made our own olive oil. We made our wine. We had chickens, ducks; we had sheep, cows, milk. So I was raised in a very simple situation but understanding really food from the ground... the essence of food and the flavors. And those memories I took with me, and I think that they lingered on. "

Lidia Bastianich

Memories

Simple

" 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. "

" Traditions are our roots and a profile of who we are as individuals and who we are as a family. They are our roots, which give us stability and a sense of belonging - they ground us. "

" Younger generations, they ask more questions, like on a recipe. But they ask them online. If my staff doesn't know how to answer it, I will answer. "

Lidia Bastianich

Ask

Know

" You should just feel comfortable with food and your own culinary culture, whatever your mother and grandmother know. "

" I think people make it too systematic in a way, like it's a chemistry formula. Food is not like that; food is very forgiving. Connecting and making do with a lot of the food elements can be fun and exciting. "

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

Lidia Bastianich

Communication

Food

" Nature recharges me. "

Lidia Bastianich

Nature

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

" America has many cultures which makes it great, but it's difficult to create one strong identity. "

" Cooking is about the ingredients and responding, but risotto, specifically, is about the technique. "

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

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