Mario Batali
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“My family makes these vinegars – out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer, label them, and give them as Christmas presents.” -Mario Batali
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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.” -Mario Batali
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“Are we Darwinists – where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support.” -Mario Batali
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“When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans.” -Mario Batali
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“The way the bankers have kind of toppled the way money is distributed, and taken most of it into their own hands, is as good as Stalin or Hitler.” -Mario Batali
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“Although the skills aren’t hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a really good restaurant.” -Mario Batali
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“I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.” -Mario Batali
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“My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company.” -Mario Batali
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“Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isn’t the bum on the street drinking Sterno it’s the working poor. They don’t look any different, they don’t behave any differently, they’re not really any less educated. They are incredibly less privileged, and that’s it.” -Mario Batali
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“My family makes these vinegars – out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer, label them, and give them as Christmas presents.” -Mario Batali
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“Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.” -Mario Batali
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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.” -Mario Batali
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