Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available – logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients. – Mario Batali
Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isnt the bum on the street drinking Sterno its the working poor. They dont look any different, they dont behave any differently, theyre not really any less educated. They are incredibly less privileged, and thats it. – Mario Batali
Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. Im looking for something different. A lot of chefs cookbooks are food as its done in the restaurants, but they are dumbed down, and I hate it when they dumb them down. – Mario Batali
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark. – Mario Batali
Im reading a lot of different books, but I always think I have to switch it up a little bit. Its like food – everything in moderation, same with my books, same with my reading. You read books that are good for you and you learn a lot of stuff, then you read Fifty Shades of Grey, which is like candy. – Shay Mitchell
A few years ago you couldnt go from TV to film. It was like a no no but I believe when you find a plan and purpose that God has for your life, theres not anything man can do to you. Especially when your faith is not really standing in the wisdom of man, youre really standing in the wisdom of God. – Derek Luke