Best Joe Bastianich Quotes
- I think a lot of people overlook the importance of the menu as a marketing tool and a way of communicating to the customer what… Ambition
- I have a Madonna portrait done in the style of a Russian icon. My mother, the chef Lidia Bastianich, and I bought it together. It… Bastianich
- Every time I open a new restaurant, I wake up in the middle of the night moaning about bread and water. I dream I am… Bread
- My grandparents in Istria had a frasca, which is about the most basic kind of grocery/restaurant. They sold wine from their own vineyard. I took… Basic
- I think that, by comparison with $2,000 bottles of grand cru Burgundies, first-rate barolos, which sell for under $100, are undervalued ten-fold. Bottles
- Working in a restaurant means being part of a family, albeit usually a slightly dysfunctional one. Nothing is accomplished independently. Accomplished
- I come from a family that loves to eat, not exercise. Being fat made even walking hard. Eat
- The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling. Allow
- Beans are a real go-to for me. Beans
- I was raised in restaurants. My parents opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, in Queens when I was just 3. This business has always been my… Been
- New York is the best food city in the world. Best
- Being frugal, conscious of making money, is not a negative thing. That sensibility of creating value and finding value and reinvesting in those customers is… Average