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We would load up the yellow Cutlass Supreme station wagon and pick blackberries during blackberry season or spring onions during spring onion season. For us, food was part of the fabric of our day.
Mario Batali
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Mario Batali
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 19
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