on Batali, I’m keen to participate this month but I really don’t know if I can justify the expense, especially as I’ve just discovered we have to have a new boiler! sigh

Me too! And for that very same cookbook... I got some little orange melamine measuring bowls from Mario Batali's kitchen line that serve a dual-purpose as measuring ingredients and mise-en-place. Particularly good when you have a...

? Make sure you have a good selection of wines at or very near to the price of your corkage! The most successful restaurants, at least in New York, and I’m sure there are some examples in LA, do a great job of this. Babbo,...

Before you know it Mario Batalli makes up an Italian name for Kirgilnix and helps export it back to Italy. Italian culinary enthusiasts either downplay or deny its origins. Food Network will devote regular programming to 5...

Oh yeah there’s more... Just a week ago I was making rabbit cacciatore from Mario Batali's book. I put my brand new Le Creuset casserole on my brand new glass top electric stove, and four minutes later... CRACK! Olive oil...

know, perhaps these chefs are all famous because they are in New York, but that is not quite what I mean. Charlie Palmer, Jean George, Terrence Brennan, Danny Meyer, the Craft guy whose name I aint gonna spell, Mario Batali,...

I am sorry to say I also had a similar experience at Osteria Mozza, this passed Friday evening. And if you’re interested enough to look at my prior posts, I have been nothing but a HUGE fan of Silverton, Batali and Co. It...

with Italian food, I think it may be that our palates will have to adjust with the higher-end, newer restaurants. It may have started here with the Batali storefronts, which to me, reflect the higher salt content I noticed in the...

I love (have loved) to watch Julia, Jacques, Lidia, Mario, and even was addicted to the Two Fat Ladies and (wanted to be) Jamie Oliver. I was very into Tyler Florence’s show where he would find the “best”...

like Greek chicken smothered in onions and feta, Chicken Marbella, Mario's cacciatore, a tagine from epicurious (link below). But I’m looking for some new UTTERLY DELICIOUS ideas. Slow-cooked would be great — I...

Glad you enjoyed it. The recipe started out as a Batali recipe- I am a Mario addict. I did make a few modifications though. On the pasta I added an extra egg yolk for richness. I was going to pick up some duck eggs at the farmers...

These days I’ve been discovering fennel all over again – sauteeing it with onions for a hearty bean-vegetable soup or stews. I am sure it would add much to jarred pasta sauce. I know Batali has a bottled version with...

One word, Vito’s, Vito’s, Vito’s okay so it is 3. Bring on the veggie and the white and guess what according to Iron Chef Mario, twice baked pizza is the only way to eat a slice, that is part of the N.Y....

Last night’s dinner: a lovely deep aromatic chicken stew based on Batali's chicken cacciatore. I use all bone-in, skin-on thighs here. Made a rub with fresh rosemary, garlic, olive oil, and massaged that into the meat. Let...

Don’t know if they’re still around, but there was a small chain off stromboli shops in NJ called Stuff Yer Face. I didn’t see a problem with the name in college, but now... Some will know this as the place Mario...