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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.

~Lidia Bastianich

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Julia Child came to my house and wanted a lesson in making risotto.

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You should just feel comfortable with food and your own culinary culture, whatever your mother and grandmother know.

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I love teaching.

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Match the right food to the right occasion. Think about what you are celebrating. If you are honoring people, what are their favorite foods? If it is a holiday, what is the food for it? When you give an identity to the party, people appreciate that.

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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.

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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.

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America has many cultures which makes it great, but it's difficult to create one strong identity.

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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.

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When you are the host, you have to take the party into your hands like a conductor.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Chef

Born: February 21st, 1947

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