When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and theres something about that that can never be made by a company that has three million employees. – Mario Batali

There 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 Batali

In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they dont have a bad deli. Theres no mediocrity accepted. – Mario Batali