Joe Bastianich Quotes

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• Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol.
• You can enjoy a $15 bottle of wine as much as you can enjoy a $100 bottle of wine.
• No matter what it is you are cooking, buy the best ingredients you can afford. I don't care if it's a simple salad or Beef…
• As a restaurateur, my palate is one of my most important tools
• Carbs - especially pasta - are the fuel my body needs to maintain an athletic lifestyle.
• Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running.
• Essentially, wines are fermented grape juice, so I'm trying to make the point that the wine world is about scores and marketing and kind of…
• Wine pricing is an art - like painting.
• If you eliminate the junk food, you don't really run the risk of gaining weight if you've got a good workout routine.
• In Italy, food is an expression of love. It is how you show those around you that you care for them. Having a love for…
• Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.
• 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 think…
• It's kind of like a midlife crisis kind of thing. When you turn 40, you have to run the marathon, while all the parts still…
• I prioritize in life. I like to work, I do TV shows, I do a lot of Iron Man training. I enjoy kicking back on…
• The pressure, the heat, the almost impossibly fast pace at which you need work - this is the reality of working in the culinary industry.…
• My wife and I battle over home decor. My style goes from Gothic to Baroque. Hers is minimalist.
• With four-appetizer, four-entree menus, it's like, give me a break. That's not a restaurant, that's a dinner party.
• Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to…
• America has been conditioned to think of pasta as the never-ending pasta bowl and Olive Garden.
• I'm a baritone. Baritones don't mature until late.

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