Every Super Bowl, I do different food each quarter from each of the hometowns of the teams competing. So Iโm always hoping for cities with a gastronomic soulโnot so much Indianapolis or Denver, right? For halftime we have New York hot dogs from Papaya Dog. And at the end of the game Iโve chosen a dessert based on who I think is going to win.
Mario BataliThere are pockets of great food in Spain, but there are also pockets of very mediocre food in Spain, and the same in Morocco and the same in Croatia and the same in Germany and the same in Austria.
Mario BataliThe way the bankers have kind of toppled the way money is distributed, and taken most of it into their own hands, is as good as Stalin or Hitler.
Mario BataliWhen you add just a little bit [of Tabasco] at the end, what you taste is the spectrum between the cooked chile flavor and the kind of nearly raw, just kind of fermented chile flavor at the end.
Mario BataliBreakfast is the best time for me to figure out what my kids are doing. Right after you wake them up at breakfast, you pepper them with questions. You can get in there because they're not protecting what they thought was cool: "What happened yesterday?" "Oh, Matthew stole my book and ran away and it was really annoying..." That wouldn't happen after lunch, because their defenses are up. In the morning, if you lull them into a comfortable place, you get more honesty, and that's without being a detective.
Mario Batali