Mario Batali

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. ↗

— Mario Batali

#cuisines #dishes #evening #eyes #finger

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. ↗

— Mario Batali

#i do #kids #lean #listen #make

Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support. ↗

— Mario Batali

#live #living #nurturing #society #standard

Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all. ↗

— Mario Batali

#best #city #food #italy #least

Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast. ↗

— Mario Batali

#everyone #fast #food #just #makes

Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything. ↗

— Mario Batali

#change #everything #finishing #food #last

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 can teach a chimp how to make linguini and clams. I can't teach a chimp to dream about it and think about how great it is. ↗

— Mario Batali

#dream #great #how #i #i can

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

The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it. ↗

— Mario Batali

#endless #everything #food #italian #italian-american