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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. ↗

— Mario Batali

#exploring #first #first time #happiest #i

I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark. ↗

— Mario Batali

#conversations #door #ever #expressions #family

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. ↗

— Mario Batali

#am #better #end #everyday #everything

I was at a party, and some squiggly looking dude with a bow tie came up and said, 'How'd you like to be on TV?' Turns out he was the programming guy at the Food Network. They had me come into the office, and I did a 'Ready, Set, Cook' with Emeril Lagasse, I believe. ↗

— Mario Batali

#bow #came #come #cook #did

The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can capitalize on. ↗

— Mario Batali

#coast #cooks #create #culinary #gulf

If you're going to buy pasta, you should buy dry pasta. If you're going to make it you can make the real thing, but you shouldn't buy fresh pasta. ↗

— Mario Batali

#dry #fresh #going #make #pasta

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. ↗

— Mario Batali

#accepted #america #bad #deli #i

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. ↗

— Mario Batali

#back #beat #because #cheap #eat

Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients. ↗

— Mario Batali

#best #delicious #delicious food #dictates #food

The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City. ↗

— Mario Batali

#city #filled #had #hamptons #hoped