Although the skills aren't hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a really good restaurant.

on the Road Again with Gwyneth Paltrow Mark Bittman (of The New York Times) and Claudia Bassols (a Spanish actress) featuring Spanish cuisine. It was never my intention to equate our banking industry with Hitler and Stalin two of the most evil brutal dictators in modern history. As of episodes airing in 2010 Batali's name and likeness do not appear in the show's opening credits.

Batali's signature clothing style includes shorts and orange Crocs. In addition to his classical culinary training he is an expert on the history and culture of Italian cuisine including regional and local variations.