I am the perfect example that if you give somebody a chance, especially here in the United States, one can find the way. Lidia Bastianich Read Quote
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. Lidia Bastianich Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Lidia Bastianich Read Quote
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. Lidia Bastianich Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The filming happens in my home, and I cook like I do at home, on my home stove with my house pots and so on. That’s who I am. I am very true to my real profile. Lidia Bastianich Read Quote
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 Read Quote
