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 LaurentiisI wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.
Giada De LaurentiisI eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that's really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn't overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it.
Giada De LaurentiisI think you can tell the food is close to my heart, too, because I'm doing what I do best.
Giada De LaurentiisI don't eat a lot of anything. A little bit of everything, but not a lot of everything. Small meals all day long.
Giada De LaurentiisStock 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