Am Quote by Alex Guarnaschelli

I'm Italian, so I absorb other cultures through their food.

— Joe Russo

I'm very inspired by other cultures and very often use what I perceive to be exotic ingredients.

— Eric Ripert

I've always got on very well with the French, perhaps because I'm very natural.

— Nancy Wake

My biggest challenge is cooking traditional French dishes, which usually require very specific techniques and methods. That's just not my style... I cook from…

— Aaron Sanchez

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

— Jose Garces

I am a transporter of the Italian culture - culinary culture, family culture - because I love it, I thrive in it, and I…

— Lidia Bastianich

I love that I've become a mentor, almost like a mother, to all the people out there that love Italian, that love cooking. I…

— Lidia Bastianich

I'm yet to attack French cooking, you know, where it's intense, following recipes and stuff. I'm more of a 'make it up' kind of…

— Sam Smith

I love cooking Italian food. My dad is Italian, although my dishes also have my mum's German-Polish influence.

— Jack Savoretti

Being Italian, I have a very special relationship with the culinary arts. One my projects was to share Italian cultural food with my colleagues.

— Luca Parmitano

I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking.

— Robert Stack

I'm half Italian, and on my mom's side, they've aged amazingly, and all they've put on their faces is olive oil.

— Molly Qerim