As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can capitalize on. — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
In growing up in Seattle, I don't know a single family that didn't barbecue or cook on the weekends and make its… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
The objective.. is to achieve a comfort level between the cook/artist/performer and the customer/viewer/diner. And if we can achieve that, and the… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I would challenge any American cook, regardless of what they've learned from their mom, to operate a restaurant and not have spent… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
The very common error of young or unconfident cooks is to keep putting more of their own personal ideology into a plate… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, 'How'd you like to… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I can tell in two minutes if I should hire someone in the kitchen. Two minutes. It's his desire. It's that open-eyed,… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I put hibiscus flower in every cup of tea I have. It's sweet, sexy, and cleansing. — Mario Batali Copy Share
[If] we can celebrate that in a way that celebrates our love for New England as well as our love for the Italian culture… — Mario Batali Copy Share
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another… — Mario Batali Copy Share
Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It is something… — Mario Batali Copy Share
Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I'm looking for something different. A lot of chefs' cookbooks are food as it's done in… — Mario Batali Copy Share
Jimmy Fallon and I play regularly at the Bayonne Golf Club in Jersey. He's eighteen holes of fun. Any time we play he has… — Mario Batali Copy Share
The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can capitalize on. — Mario Batali Copy Share
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a… — Mario Batali Copy Share
I think that there is philanthropy and there is publicity. If you can marry the two to do something good, then I think it's… — Mario Batali Copy Share
Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything. — Mario Batali Copy Share
I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the only reason… — Mario Batali Copy Share
Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of… — Mario Batali Copy Share
The pendulum of cookery techniques became more significant than the actual experience. And when that happens, the customer's satisfaction becomes secondary to the chef's… — Mario Batali Copy Share
