Recently, Giada paid the city of Dallas a big visit one one leg of her Everyday Pasta tour. This particular event had a Q & A, something that has been fairly commonplace during this tour. The
Dallas Morning News has the story. My personal favorite question and answer was:
You come from a big family of Italian cooks. You're the most famous one, but where do you really rank? Who is your family's best cook?
(Laughing) Everyone will tell you they're the best! But I think my Aunt Raffaela is great, and my grandfather is the best of us all. My mom was not the best, as she'll admit, but then she was usually just trying to get food on the table fast enough to feed four kids.
My grandfather taught me to cook with passion; my aunt taught me to cook creatively. And Mom taught me how to get the food on the table quickly and easily. So I'm a combination of those three people.
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