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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 that, they… — 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 a love… — 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
'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 Image
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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