Lidia Bastianich Quotes

My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness.

When I can, I always like coming to Italy to have some nice wine.

Serve as a sweet brunch treat or with tea in the afternoon. No one would turn it down as dessert after a big holiday meal, either. You'll find there's no bad time for babkallah.

Pizza is a great segue into unfamiliar flavors - plus, you can pile on the veggies.

When I do retire, I am going to go back to Italy.

For a Spaniard, Italy is the best place to live. You've got all the beauty, history, art, good food, and fashion.

I like making adobo, because it's easy and it keeps in the fridge for a while. Or I'll make pasta with bolognese - something I can make a big batch of and can keep eating for the rest of the week.

My signature dish - something I've been making since I was 10 - is angel hair pasta with shrimp and feta in a white-wine basil sauce with tomatoes, because it's absolutely amazing.

The only place I've ever been where people were as proud about their city as people are in Chicago is Florence, Italy, where I lived for three years.

Food is a passion for me, especially Italian cuisine. I prefer to have somebody cook for me, but I can do some very nice pasta dishes.

Italy was where the soul went to find calm and love, and I wanted to hold the best of it in the palm of my hand.

I'm a fan of a big roast or a bolognese, but I also love baking.

There's just something about fresh tortillas.

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

For sure, in Italy, the sun always shines.

Pasta is my favorite comfort food, but sometimes my body really wants a steak, and I'll have one.

I never met a lasagna I didn't like

I absolutely love Italian food. So pizza - like a margherita pizza, penne arbiota, a glass of wine. That's like my dream.

Do you remember Italy?

I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in my career.

There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help.

Probably the most satisfying soup in the world for people who are hungry, as well as for those who are tired or worried or cross or in debt or in a moderate amount of pain or in love or in robust health or in any kind of business huggermuggery, is minestrone.

There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie.

Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a glass of wine or brandy, and immediately he feels better: you see him come to life again before you.

Man, who don't like spaghetti?