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Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax.

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Mario Batali
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 19
Chef
Cook
Media Personality
Restaurateur
Writer
Seattle
Washington
Mario Francesco Batali
Michigan
Manhattan
Antidote
Relax
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