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Look at cookbooks with your kids and ask them what sounds good.

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Mario Batali
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 19
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Mario Francesco Batali
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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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What I like to do when I go out is enjoy my friends and the food around it. If we have to stop and give five minutes to the chef, then I'm down with that. But if the chef has to interrupt every course to tell us how important this new revolution that's happening is, then I'm not so much interested in that.
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Indianapolis versus Denver would not be a great one gastronomically.
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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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My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company.
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Once you become an elaborate and well-developed culture, anything from Rome or the Etruscans, for that matter, the food starts to become a representation of what the culture is. When the food can transcend being just fuel, that's when you start to see these different permutations.
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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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The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family.
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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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