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" 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. "

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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. "

Lidia Bastianich

Family

Children

Change

" 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. "

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

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

Lidia Bastianich

Treasure

Your

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Food is the common language for all of us. "

Lidia Bastianich

Common

Language

" I'm simple in my approach and straightforward. I connect with the average person that is interested in food. "

" 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. "

" It's in the nature of Italians to live life with a positive tone and to celebrate the invitations that come along in life. Italian food is so conducive to all of that. "

" 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. "

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

" I love that I've become a mentor, almost like a mother, to all the people out there that love Italian, that love cooking. I seem to make them comfortable. "

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

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

Lidia Bastianich

Communication

Food

" 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. "

" Holidays - any holiday - are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together. "

" 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. "

" Everybody can cook. You don't have to do anything fancy. You can do a nice antipasto spread with sardines, anchovies, some meats, marinated vegetables, fruits, cheese, nuts, and crackers. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I cherish my beautiful Italian heritage. "

" As a chef, I feel that it is my duty to make the most of what the earth gives us. "

" That's the beauty of risotto. You can make it any flavor you want. It's a great carrier. "

" 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. "

" 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 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