One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times.
Mario BataliWe would load up the yellow Cutlass Supreme station wagon and pick blackberries during blackberry season or spring onions during spring onion season. For us, food was part of the fabric of our day.
Mario BataliProtein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses.
Mario Batali[If] we can celebrate that in a way that celebrates our love for New England as well as our love for the Italian culture as well as the American culture, then we've done something that's really good and supporting these fishermen who are doing the right thing in sustainability . . . paying attention to make sure we don't overfish our world.
Mario Batali