Mario Batali Quotes & Sayings
58 most famous Mario Batali quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 64 year old American chef born on Sep 19, 1960.
“Just because you eat doesn't mean you eat smart. It's hard to beat a $1.99 wing pack of three at a fast-food restaurant - it's so cheap - but that wing pack isn't feeding anyone, it's just pushing hunger back an hour.”
“Close your eyes and place your finger on a map. Wherever it lands, that's the theme of the evening. So many times we settle for routine dishes. This forces you to try new cuisines.”
“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.”
“Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.”
“As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible.”
“In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's no mediocrity accepted.”
“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.”
“If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.”
“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.”
“The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.”
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