#thing

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#common sense #dreams #earth #exist #little

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 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

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

Keep in mind that in 1975, when you became a cook, it was because you were between two things: you were between getting out of the military and... going to jail. Anybody could be a cook, just like anybody could mow the lawn. ↗

— Mario Batali

#became #because #between #cook #could

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

#christmas #everything #family #giant #give

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. ↗

— Mario Batali

#adds #juice #life #much #passion

The hardest part of anything is making a dish consistently great - you order it seven years later, if it's still on the menu, and it's still as good as what you remember. ↗

— Mario Batali

#consistently #dish #good #great #hardest

When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and there's something about that that can never be made by a company that has three million employees. ↗

— Mario Batali

#company #cut #employees #food #made

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

#book #college #day #different #dirty