Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
With four-appetizer, four-entree menus, it's like, give me a break. That's not a restaurant, that's a dinner party. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
If you eliminate the junk food, you don't really run the risk of gaining weight if you've got a good workout routine. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
America has been conditioned to think of pasta as the never-ending pasta bowl and Olive Garden. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Carbs - especially pasta - are the fuel my body needs to maintain an athletic lifestyle. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Babbo's menu is only four pages, but it's overwhelming - there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
I definitely invented the everything bagel. There's no doubt. It's undeniable truth. It's one of those things that's 100% true, 50% of the time. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
I eat a lot of whole grains for breakfast, a lot of dried fruit. And my big thing is pasta. I do… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Working in a restaurant means being part of a family, albeit usually a slightly dysfunctional one. Nothing is accomplished independently. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
No matter what it is you are cooking, buy the best ingredients you can afford. I don't care if it's a simple… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
I'm one of three judges on 'MasterChef' with Gordon Ramsay, but I don't want my own show. I'm kind of used to… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
There are certain things that make restaurants work and a certain kind of DNA that people who excel in restaurants need. But… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Most people who open restaurants will fail, because they lack the fundamental understanding of restaurant math. Either they think they're superstar cooks… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
I was raised in restaurants. My parents opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, in Queens when I was just 3. This business has… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people overlook the importance of the menu as a marketing tool and a way of communicating to… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
At Babbo, each dish grew out of a conversation, trying to put something forth that was new and different. It was a… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
The menu should be part of the entertainment, part of the dining experience. It's kind of like reading the 'Playbill' when you… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Finding specialty food items was a bit of a challenge in Asia in the early days of getting the Mozza's up and… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
It's one thing to execute dishes on your own time for family and friends, but quite another to perform and be judged… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Although I love all the great foods of the world, my death row meal would have to be cooked for me by… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Take the time to shop for yourself and cook. All of this is an investment in yourself, and if you're not going… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Cooking for my family is always a pleasure when I'm able to do it. My favorite thing to make is really whatever… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Being frugal, conscious of making money, is not a negative thing. That sensibility of creating value and finding value and reinvesting in… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Frankly, Milan kind of sucks as a restaurant city. It's so fashion-obsessed that people don't pay that much attention to the food. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
I believe that 'MasterChef' brings something more to the table, so to speak, than simply being another reality food TV show. My… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Aside from hospitality and delicious food, our [restaurateurs'] job is to entertain people. Restaurants should make people feel special, excited and fulfilled. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
The pressure, the heat, the almost impossibly fast pace at which you need work - this is the reality of working in… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
When I stopped looking at food as a reward or a celebration and began looking at food as energy to fuel my… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Maitre d's are at the financial spigot of the restaurant, meaning they control who gets in and who doesn't, but aside from… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
He brought a sensibility and a hard-edged reasonableness to operating restaurants that had a lasting impact on me and still affects how I run… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
There are certain things that make restaurants work and a certain kind of DNA that people who excel in restaurants need. But it's a… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
Babbo's menu is only four pages, but it's overwhelming - there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There is nothing… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
Most people who open restaurants will fail, because they lack the fundamental understanding of restaurant math. Either they think they're superstar cooks or they… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
Maitre d's are at the financial spigot of the restaurant, meaning they control who gets in and who doesn't, but aside from that, they… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having a love… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
'Restaurant Man' is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
There are many things I'm looking forward to in 2013, both personally and professionally. Plans for new restaurants in the U.S., including Eataly Chicago,… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside bottle sell is a very funny… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
I was raised in restaurants. My parents opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, in Queens when I was just 3. This business has always been… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
With four-appetizer, four-entree menus, it's like, give me a break. That's not a restaurant, that's a dinner party. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
The general manager is kind of like the step into darkness when you reach the top of the league. As GM, you're responsible for… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share
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