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My kids and I make pasta three days a week now. It's not even so much about the eating of it they just like the process. Benno is the stuffer, and Leo is the catcher. They've got their jobs down.

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Mario Batali
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 19
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Mario Francesco Batali
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