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I really want to be a rock star.

Mario Batali

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Mario Batali
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 19
Chef
Cook
Media Personality
Restaurateur
Writer
Seattle
Washington
Mario Francesco Batali
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Rocks
Stars
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In growing up in Seattle, I don't know a single family that didn't barbecue or cook on the weekends and make its own kind of simple, pared-down, what I call Pacific Northwest cooking.
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One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times.
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I obsess everyday about everything. Not only about what we do well but what we can do better... In the end, the only reason I am motivated to do what I do is for the hedonistic pleasures of the table.
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The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can capitalize on.
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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 great. Some of the other guys go around and slag people as a profession. That's not so interesting to me, because it's easy to take down, it's harder to build.
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All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps, how-to videos, this article you're reading, even entire magazines devoted to single subjects like charcuterie or wedding cakes or pickles.
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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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Indianapolis versus Denver would not be a great one gastronomically.
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What will always remain is love, passion and family time.
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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 to find or hunt or cultivate first of all.
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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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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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Protein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses.
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I am happiest when I am with my wife, Susi, and our two boys exploring and loving something for the first time.
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You have to live life to its full chorizo.
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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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I'm a big fan of featuring all of the local shellfish and seafood provided.
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The Chinese five-spice works really well in the quantity that I used. It makes it almost imperceptibly just a little bit sweeter without making it really sweet or really even that Asian flavored.
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Food, like most things, is best when left to its own simple beauty.
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