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I count on chiropractic sessions to keep my body aligned. Standing for hours can impact my posture, and that can throw the rest of my body out of whack. Acupuncture helps me relax and release stress. I'm also very into massage to help release tension in my back, neck, and shoulders.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Body
#Me
#Relax
#Rest
#Stress
To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life and death than about recipes. The struggle of poor people around the globe weighs heavily on me, especially now that I am a mother, which is why I work with Oxfam.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Day
#Death
#Life
#Struggle
#Work
My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Creativity
#Food
#Love
#Me
#Simplicity
It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Better
#Chef
#Great
#Learning
#School
The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Fun
#People
#Simple
#Stress
#Try
I write everything down. I e-mail the second I think of something, or I write notes in my BlackBerry calendar. I set up reminder alerts on my phone. And I have a notebook by my bedside so I can write down any last-minute ideas.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Calendar
#Down
#Everything
#Ideas
#Phone
Stock up your pantry and your freezer with things that aren't perishable: Your favorite jar of tomato sauce that lists 'tomato' as the first ingredient, lots of grains, olive oils, vinegars, tomato pastes, onions, shallots. When you go to the store, you only have to pick up meats and produce.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#First
#Go
#Only
#Tomato
#Up
My biggest bit of advice would be to spend some time actually helping caterers or Chefs, even if it has to be for free or as an intern of culinary externship. It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Advice
#Free
#Time
#Want
#Yourself
My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To them I'm just me - their granddaughter, niece, etc., and they're older and wiser. I like that because it keeps you grounded.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Better
#Chef
#Family
#I Am
#Me
I'm actually a very shy person, which is why I always chose to be in the kitchen. You can make people happy and entertain them, without really being there. You can make a very short appearance and then say, 'I've got something on the stove, gotta go!'
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Appearance
#Kitchen
#People
#Person
#Shy
I lost my brother when he was 30, and that was devastating for me. I don't know if I will ever get over it.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Brother
#Know
#Lost
#Me
#Will
Food was always a big part of my life. My grandfather was one of 14 kids, and his parents had a pasta factory, so as a kid, he and his siblings would sell pasta door to door. After he became a movie producer, he opened up De Laurentiis Food Stores - one in Los Angeles and one in New York.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Food
#Life
#My Life
#Parents
#Pasta
Everything in moderation.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Everything
#Moderation
I had a very tough childhood. I came here from Italy in the '70s and didn't speak a word of English, so the kids at school tormented me. Truly, it was horrifying the names they called me, and the teachers never really did a thing to stop it.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Childhood
#Me
#School
#Speak
#Tough
Attitudes toward food have completely changed.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Attitudes
#Changed
#Food
#Toward
It's almost ingrained in people that, just like you can't be a smart model, you can't be a good-looking cook.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Good-Looking
#Just
#Like
#People
#Smart
I made lemon spaghetti in an early season of 'Everyday Italian,' and to this day people still come up to me and say they love it. It's very, very simple. Basically, you cook the pasta and mix together Parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice and zest and pour it over the pasta.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Day
#Love
#Me
#Simple
#Together
There's nothing like a home-cooked meal - nothing! When people ask me what the best restaurant in L.A. is, I say, 'Uh, my house.' It's more intimate. Food can connect people in a forever sort of way.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Best
#Food
#Me
#Restaurant
#Way
Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but kind of boring. I mean, I love Lidia, but you can fall asleep watching her. And Mario Batali? I love Mario to death... but he's not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Boring
#Death
#Fall
#Love
#Romantic
Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Body
#Food
#Love
#Soul
#Together
I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that's really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn't overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Everything
#Family
#Know
#Pasta
#People
#Understand
I'm into very colorful food. Obviously lots of flavor, but I think we eat with our eyes first, so it has to look great. The presentation has to be great.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Colorful
#Eyes
#Food
#Great
#Look
These days it's cool to be ethnic and to be different, but when I was a kid, it was not cool - at all. My friends would come over and my mom would make crepes with eggs, stuffed with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and spinach. And they'd be like, 'What is this?'
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Be Different
#Cheese
#Cool
#Days
#Mom
When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white cream sauce.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Birthday
#Me
#Mother
#Pasta
#White
Pasta doesn't make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.
- Giada De Laurentiis
#Diet
#Eat
#Fat
#Make
#Pasta
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