Author: Lidia Bastianich

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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.

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.

- Lidia Bastianich

Make gifts meaningful by putting the time in creating them, whether baking and cooking, or in making arts and craft. It will all have more meaning for the giver and receiver.

Make gifts meaningful by putting the time in creating them, whether baking and cooking, or in making arts and craft. It will all have more meaning for the giver and receiver.

- Lidia Bastianich

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

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

- Lidia Bastianich

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.

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.

- Lidia Bastianich

Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better.

Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better.

- Lidia Bastianich

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

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

- 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?

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

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.

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.

- Lidia Bastianich

The service of food is to nurture, to please, to nourish.

The service of food is to nurture, to please, to nourish.

- Lidia Bastianich

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