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I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink.

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Mario Batali
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 19
Chef
Cook
Media Personality
Restaurateur
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Seattle
Washington
Mario Francesco Batali
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The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.
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I would challenge any American cook, regardless of what they've learned from their mom, to operate a restaurant and not have spent any real time in Italy.
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Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it.
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The difference between 'Molto Italiano' and 'The Babbo Cookbook' is that the ingredient lists in 'Molto' are about half or even a third the size. In 'Babbo,' they are very long, they are very real. That's exactly how we make them in the restaurant.
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.
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I really want to be a rock star.
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You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that define the cook's year. I get more excited by that than anything else.
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The very common error of young or unconfident cooks is to keep putting more of their own personal ideology into a plate until there's so much noise that you really can't even hear a tune. You can say more in an empty space than you can in a crowded one.
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Find something you love, because if you love what you do, you'll never spend a day at work.
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You have to live life to its full chorizo.
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Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all.
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Indianapolis versus Denver would not be a great one gastronomically.
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Every Super Bowl, I do different food each quarter from each of the hometowns of the teams competing. So I’m always hoping for cities with a gastronomic soul—not so much Indianapolis or Denver, right? For halftime we have New York hot dogs from Papaya Dog. And at the end of the game I’ve chosen a dessert based on who I think is going to win.
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Any simple but delicious dish that celebrates the season and locality is what I want to be known for.
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There are two activities in life in which we can lovingly and carefully put something inside of someone we love. Cooking is the one we can do three times a day for the rest of our lives, without pills. In both activities, practice makes perfect.
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Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere five pieces, you can do whatever you like - slay the dragon and then cook its tenderloin in the style of the duke of Wellington, if you want to.
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I'm a big fan of featuring all of the local shellfish and seafood provided.
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The American Dream is ownership … a house, a car, a vacation home and, even better, your own business
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