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" Vin brule is a version of mulled wine enjoyed in Piemonte, in northwestern Italy. It's a perfect choice for holiday entertaining because you can double or even triple the recipe and leave it over very low heat, ladling it out as your guests come in from the cold. "

Lidia Bastianich

Wine

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" I had my first child at 21, my first restaurant at 24. "

" 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. "

" When we're filming, I sometimes look into the camera and wonder who's out there, who will be watching. "

" 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. "

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

Lidia Bastianich

Communication

Food

" What really makes your business is your workers - their commitment, their knowledge, how you train them, how you treat them. They have to make the entity a winning entity. "

" 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. "

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

" Match the right food to the right occasion. Think about what you are celebrating. If you are honoring people, what are their favorite foods? If it is a holiday, what is the food for it? When you give an identity to the party, people appreciate that. "

" I love making apple strudel. "

" 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

Two

American

" Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion. "

" 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. "

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

" I just love engaging a live audience - I love that. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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

" I was an immigrant. I came here at 12. We were caught behind the Iron Curtain until I was 10. "

" Chemistry was my college interest. Cooking is about chemistry. "

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

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