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" When we're filming, I sometimes look into the camera and wonder who's out there, who will be watching. "
Lidia Bastianich
Sometimes
Wonder
Will
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When you are the host, you have to take the party into your hands like a conductor. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You can freeze a nice sponge cake and then have a strawberry shortcake any time. "
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" 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. "
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Life
Shadow
" Food is kind of my entry card into everything. Food kind of opens the doors... because food is peace. It's good; it's positive. "
Lidia Bastianich
Good
Peace
Positive
" 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. "
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You
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" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
Growing Up
Want
Child
" For me, it's the ultimate to be able to nurture and nourish someone. They trust you. It's a basic form of intimacy in a community. "
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Someone
Trust
You
" 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. "
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Love
I Am
" 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
" Whether you talk about the olive oil, whether you talk about Aceto Balsamico, whether you talk about Grana Padano, whether you talk about Mozzarella di Bufala. These are all traditional Italian products that are hard to beat, and they're easy to transport and buy. You don't have to do much around it. Just eat them. "
Lidia Bastianich
Talk
Eat
Hard
" Cooking for somebody is very personal. "
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Cooking
Very
Personal
" I had my first child at 21, my first restaurant at 24. "
Lidia Bastianich
Restaurant
First Child
First
" I'm simple in my approach and straightforward. I connect with the average person that is interested in food. "
Lidia Bastianich
Simple
Straightforward
Food
" 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. "
Lidia Bastianich
History
Culture
Architecture
" With the Industrial Revolution, the production of food was delegated to big companies in order for women and men to be in the labour force, to come home, stick something in the oven, and eat. It became a big industry that does not have a love affair with food nor is really concerned about nurturing you or giving you the right nutrition. "
Lidia Bastianich
Women
Revolution
Men
" I found great rewards in cooking a dish and feeding it to someone. It was a means of communicating. I was giving part of my talent or my gift and sharing it with somebody, making somebody happy. And it gave a lot back to me, and I wanted to do more and more. "
Lidia Bastianich
Me
Great
Gift
" You should just feel comfortable with food and your own culinary culture, whatever your mother and grandmother know. "
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Feel
Culture
Food
" I am the perfect example that if you give somebody a chance, especially here in the United States, one can find the way. "
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Way
You
Perfect
" Why do you think millennials are so into food? It's the way they relate to each other. "
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Food
Millennials
Way
" 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
" Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion. "
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Digestion
Italians
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" 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. "
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Challenge
You
Women
" 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
" 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. "
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Me
Memories
Simple
" 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. "
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Know
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" 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. "
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Farmer
Accept
Control