restaurants, but Metisse’s was divine. It tasted better than the gnocchi at Babbo's. Their steak is also something worth trying. This restaurant won’t make you swoon, but it never ever disappoints.

Manuel’s bio at bravotv says he used to work at Babbo. I read Heat from the library, so I don’t have a copy handy to compare details. In his video bio he introduces himself as “Manuel, my friends call me...

I find myself increasingly coming back to the Mario Batali books (Babbo et al). What’s wonderful about his books is that the recipes are simple, yet unique. They are grounded in tradition yet inspire some novel flavor...

Last night we had the meatloaf from the recent Gourmet – we didn’t like it. Have high hopes for tonight’s dinner, though: A pork and cabbage dish from the Babbo Cookbook. Supposed to be cheeks, but we are using...

end" here like in NYC – no PerSe, Masa, Jean Georges or even Babbo (although I think Vivo and Girasole can surprise sophisticated lovers of Italian). But that’s not the important thing. What the true difference is is...

I practically never buy dessert books, but I took one look at Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen by Gina DePalma and simply had to own it. Great on technique, a wonderful read, and wine pairings!!!!—unusual in...

want to call them) all seem to be filled with enthusiastic diners. So that’s what America eats. There are more people going to places like that than Babbo! And I believe I read somewhere that Guy started as a short-order...

, and Oliveto’s Truffle or Whole Hog, and NY for Sushi Yasuda, Babbo, Ess-a-Bagel, and Lombardi’s. Each city has stuff worth traveling for and stuff you start to crave when you’re not in said city.

No one said anything about price point/quality, and I’m woefully ignorant of NYC restaurants. However, when I look at Babbo's menu, for example, it’s no more expensive than Bar Tartine.

. i’d take you for a fat pastrami sandwich at Katz’s and some pizza at DiFara’s and bialys at Kossars and pickles on the lower east side and donuts at The Donut Plant and gnocchi at Babbo. and then i’d...

$25 certainly isn’t the norm, but it’s not unheard of in restaurants in that price category in NYC. Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, Perry St, Insieme and Babbo all have wines BTG in that range (and up!). As I said in my...

would also love to do babbo book or chez panisse “menu” cookbook. have had both of those for awhile without really using them (hard to believe, i know...)

I don’t need Chowhound to find out about Spago, French Laundry, Babbo, Din Tai Fung, et al. either; these are very commonly-known restaurants that many, many people (including those who “collect” fancy...

not have to drive to LA for a fantastic dinner... but I do... why? Put a restaurant like Sona, AOC or Providence in San Diego and it would not do well. If a real italian restaurant like Babbo, serving true italian food would open...

i wasn’t impressed with batali’s babbo. i wanted to be but just wasn’t. but you are right—where’s the sense of adventure? sometimes those dives are bad, it’s true, but sometimes they are good...