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Giada Pamela De Laurentiis is a chef, writer, and television personality. She is the host of Food Network’s Giada at Home and also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC’s Today.
Here are some scrumptious (and undeniably accurate) Giada De Laurentiis quotes.
“Pasta doesn’t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I always say to people that working full time and being a mom is probably the hardest job, because as a mom you think about your child 24/7.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I’m into very colorful food. Obviously, lots of flavor but I think we eat with our eyes first, so it has to look great. The presentation has to be great.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“In order to keep your husband, you have to make time for him. Rather than going out to dinner, I like to spend time for just the two of us.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s truly love.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I made lemon spaghetti in an early season of ‘Everyday Italian,’ and to this day people still come up to me and say they love it. It’s very, very simple. Basically, you cook the pasta and mix together Parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice and zest and pour it over the pasta.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I want my daughter to see a strong woman who goes after what she wants.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“My mother and I, our favorite part of any baked pasta is the top, where the cheese gets crusty.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“With my crazy schedule, that often means cutting into my sleep. But yoga gives me the energy and focus I need to get through my day. I’m not saying I don’t need a cup of coffee in the afternoon sometimes, but it’s the yoga that definitely keeps me centered.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
Giada’s Feel Good Food: My Healthy Recipes and Secrets: A Cookbook
Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita: A Cookbook
Weeknights with Giada: Quick and Simple Recipes to Revamp Dinner: A Cookbook
Giada’s Family Dinners: A Cookbook
Happy Cooking: Make Every Meal Count Without Stressing Out: A Cookbook
Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites: A Cookbook
“When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white cream sauce.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I write everything down. I e-mail the second I think of something, or I write notes in my BlackBerry calendar. I set up reminder alerts on my phone. And I have a notebook by my bedside so I can write down any last-minute ideas.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“Yoga has trimmed my body in a way that the gym never could. I used to be a gym rat, but I switched to yoga and am now almost 10 pounds lighter. One important thing I’ve gotten from yoga is breathing. When I’m cooking, the top part of my body collapses down. It cuts off my diaphragm.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“Opportunities present themselves and you have to enjoy the ride. All of us get so worried about the next step that we don’t enjoy the moment we’re in right now.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“The summer before I went to culinary school, my family wanted me to take a job on a movie to make sure that I was making the right decision. I think they hoped I would change my mind about culinary school.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To them I’m just me – their granddaughter, niece, etc., and they’re older and wiser. I like that because it keeps you grounded.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So, when I’m home, I work very hard to be Todd’s wife and Jade’s mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“Every time I think I have something under control, it changes and I don’t have it under control. I think it takes several years to get there.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“These days it’s cool to be ethnic and to be different, but when I was a kid, it was not cool – at all. My friends would come over and my mom would make crepes with eggs, stuffed with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and spinach. And they’d be like, ‘What is this?’”
― Giada De Laurentiis
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
Giada’s Feel Good Food: My Healthy Recipes and Secrets: A Cookbook
Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita: A Cookbook
Weeknights with Giada: Quick and Simple Recipes to Revamp Dinner: A Cookbook
Giada’s Family Dinners: A Cookbook
Happy Cooking: Make Every Meal Count Without Stressing Out: A Cookbook
Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites: A Cookbook
“My grandfather’s family used to own a pasta factory in Naples and they would go door-to-door selling their pasta. So his love of food came from his parents, which was then passed down to my mother and then again to me.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I spent time at my grandfather Dino’s gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them as rock stars.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I was so nervous to turn 40, but the last year and a half has been the most fun I have ever had.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I’d bring things to class that I’d cooked at home.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can, makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school, or even a single class, is a great bet too.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“There’s nothing like a home-cooked meal – nothing! When people ask me what the best restaurant in L.A. is, I say, ‘Uh, my house.’ It’s more intimate. Food can connect people in a forever sort of way.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s truly love.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery store, because people don’t want to go to a gourmet shop in search of items that will sit in their pantry for years after they use just a teaspoon or pinch of them.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“You just need a little perspective. Warmed chocolate can give you that.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“As long as you’re eating well and moving your body every day, age is just a state of mind.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“Any time you do anything different in this life, it’s risky. But I’ve only done things differently, and it’s gotten me quite far. If you want to make a splash, you’ve got to step out on that ledge and jump. And I could land flat on my face and it would be the biggest nightmare of my life. I’m willing to risk it. I want to help change the way male chefs see females. I want to show them that, yes, we’re emotional and, yes, sometimes we make irrational decisions, but we’re passionate about what we do, and that passion will propel us to the next level.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“Opportunities present themselves and you have to enjoy the ride. All of us get so worried about the next step that we don’t enjoy the moment we’re in right now.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“It’s more intimate. Food can connect people in a forever sort of way.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“When I was a kid, for my birthday every year, my mother made me pasta bechamel, which is rigatoni with a white cream sauce.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“Stock up your pantry and your freezer with things that aren’t perishable: Your favorite jar of tomato sauce that lists ‘tomato’ as the first ingredient, lots of grains, olive oils, vinegars, tomato pastes, onions, shallots. When you go to the store, you only have to pick up meats and produce.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
“If people are made to feel uncomfortable in the kitchen, they won’t go in there. That’s why I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing.”
― Giada De Laurentiis
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
Giada’s Feel Good Food: My Healthy Recipes and Secrets: A Cookbook
Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita: A Cookbook
Weeknights with Giada: Quick and Simple Recipes to Revamp Dinner: A Cookbook
Giada’s Family Dinners: A Cookbook
Happy Cooking: Make Every Meal Count Without Stressing Out: A Cookbook
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