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Vin brule is a version of mulled wine enjoyed in Piemonte, in northwestern Italy. It's a perfect choice for holiday entertaining because you can double or even triple the recipe and leave it over very low heat, ladling it out as your guests come in from the cold. - 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. - Lidia Bastianich
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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. - Lidia Bastianich
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Younger generations, they ask more questions, like on a recipe. But they ask them online. If my staff doesn't know how to answer it, I will answer. - Lidia Bastianich
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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. - Lidia Bastianich
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I think a ricotta cheesecake is very easy to make. - Lidia Bastianich
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My grandmother had a courtyard of animals, like goats and chickens. She made ricotta cheese, cooked with potatoes warm from the garden, grew everything from beans to wheat. It was simple, seasonal food, and we all ate what was produced 10 miles from where we lived. It was that way for centuries. - Lidia Bastianich
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Cooking for somebody is very personal. - Lidia Bastianich
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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
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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
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Italian food really reflects the people. It reflects like a prism that fragments into regions. - Lidia Bastianich
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Food feeds our souls. It is the single great unifier across all cultures. The table offers a sanctuary and a place to come together for unity and understanding. - Lidia Bastianich
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I was born in Allied-controlled Pola. At the end of World War II, the victorious wartime Allied powers negotiated the details of peace treaties and borders with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. The Paris Treaty was signed on February 10, 1947. I was born a few days later. - Lidia Bastianich
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Make your refrigerator or freezer like a treasure chest. - Lidia Bastianich
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Food is culture. Food is an identity, a footprint of who you are. - Lidia Bastianich
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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
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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. - Lidia Bastianich
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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. - Lidia Bastianich
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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. - Lidia Bastianich
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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. - Lidia Bastianich
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If you're like me, food is a medium for communication. It's an expression of love and affection. - Lidia Bastianich
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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
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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
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Italian food is seasonal. It is simple. It is nutritionally sound. It is flavorful. It is colorful. It's all the things that make for a good eating experience, and it's good for you. - Lidia Bastianich
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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. - Lidia Bastianich
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Traditions are our roots and a profile of who we are as individuals and who we are as a family. They are our roots, which give us stability and a sense of belonging - they ground us. - Lidia Bastianich
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