Day-old bread? Sadly, in America a lot of day-old bread just becomes nasty. Italian day-old bread, not having any preservatives in it, just becomes harder and it doesn't taste old. What I would warn people about is getting bread that's loaded with other things in it, because it starts to taste old.

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.