Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" When I started as a young chef, I was Italian, and I was a woman, and everyone else in New York was French and a man. "
Lidia Bastianich
New York
Chef
Man
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
You
Friday
Home
" All of my books have been about authentic Italian food in Italy and bringing that message about simple and authentic food. "
Lidia Bastianich
Simple
Food
Books
" That's the beauty of risotto. You can make it any flavor you want. It's a great carrier. "
Lidia Bastianich
You
Flavor
Great
" I had my first child at 21, my first restaurant at 24. "
Lidia Bastianich
Restaurant
First Child
First
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Chemistry
Fun
People
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Today
World
Know
" I was born in Allied-controlled Pola. At the end of World War II, the victorious wartime Allied powers negotiated the details of peace treaties and borders with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. The Paris Treaty was signed on February 10, 1947. I was born a few days later. "
Lidia Bastianich
Paris
Details
World
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Fly
Life
Shadow
" Why do you think millennials are so into food? It's the way they relate to each other. "
Lidia Bastianich
Food
Millennials
Way
" Cooking for somebody is very personal. "
Lidia Bastianich
Cooking
Very
Personal
" Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion. "
Lidia Bastianich
Digestion
Italians
How
" Italy is so influenced by others: couscous in the south, cinnamon in the north because of the Venetian spice trade - I just want to divulge as much information as I can. "
Lidia Bastianich
Want
Trade
I Can
" Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better. "
Lidia Bastianich
Better
Eating
Family
" Chemistry was my college interest. Cooking is about chemistry. "
Lidia Bastianich
Chemistry
College
Interest
" The food of a country is my story. It is a small story, but people relate so much to it. I want to share that, but also the idea of bringing people and family together. "
Lidia Bastianich
Small
Family
Food
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Simplicity
Preparation
Oil
" 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
Me
Two
American
" What I learned being a young child was respect for food. Don't throw anything away. "
Lidia Bastianich
Child
Young
Throw
" Italian food really reflects the people. It reflects like a prism that fragments into regions. "
Lidia Bastianich
Prism
Food
Italian Food
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
People
Yourself
You
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Food
Child
Beard
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Pleasure
Good
Eating
" If you're like me, food is a medium for communication. It's an expression of love and affection. "
Lidia Bastianich
Me
Communication
Food
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Mother
People
Love
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Belonging
Family
Roots
" 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
" Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest. "
Lidia Bastianich
Like
Treasure
Your
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Culture
Them
Want
" 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
Me
Great
" I'm simple in my approach and straightforward. I connect with the average person that is interested in food. "
Lidia Bastianich
Simple
Straightforward
Food