Lidia Bastianich quotes

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. (Lidia Bastianich)
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? View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Today's innovation is tomorrow's tradition. View quote
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I see how people connect with me on different level through my show, how they want to transport what I cook into their home kitchens for their own families. It's my responsibility to always make sure that is quality. View quote
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I was an immigrant. I came here at 12. We were caught behind the Iron Curtain until I was 10. View quote
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By cooking with your kids, you can help them understand that food is a powerful tool in connecting human beings. View quote
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If you're like me, food is a medium for communication. It's an expression of love and affection. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Why do you think millennials are so into food? It's the way they relate to each other. View quote
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What I learned being a young child was respect for food. Don't throw anything away. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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You should just feel comfortable with food and your own culinary culture, whatever your mother and grandmother know. View quote
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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. View quote
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The service of food is to nurture, to please, to nourish. View quote
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I started in the restaurant industry when I was 22, so I've had quite a long tenure, if you will. (Lidia Bastianich)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Italian food really reflects the people. It reflects like a prism that fragments into regions. View quote
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America has many cultures which makes it great, but it's difficult to create one strong identity. View quote
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