Mario Batali has never been afraid of speaking his mind and we mostly love his off-the-cuff candor (save for maybe the banker-Hitler fiasco of last ye...
The Braiser | Posted 05.21.2012
How do celebrity chefs support political candidates? With fancy dinners? With non-connected joint expenditure committees? With hundred dollar bills baked into pies?
Posted 05.17.2012
Lawrence O'Donnell had some rather harsh words for Greg Gutfeld on Wednesday, after the Fox News host criticized celebrity chef Mario Batali for attem...
Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.15.2012
When I lived in Paris, my boyfriend and I would go often to A Douchka in the Marais and eat blini after blini topped with those glistening, steel-grey pearls. But it's been awhile since I've indulged in a true caviar-orgy.
AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 05.15.2012
NEW YORK -- To much of the world, it was Monday. To Mario Batali, it was Day Four. The chef, his wife and their two teenage sons are eating for a wee...
Posted 05.08.2012
Who's the food personality with the most media buzz of 2011? It's Rachael Ray, according to calculations by news archive company HighBeam Research. ...
AP | MICHELE KAYAL | Posted 05.03.2012
-- April Bloomfield harbors a deep fear that keeps her from joining the ranks of tattooed top chefs. But it's not the needles that bother her. "I'm ...
Posted 05.02.2012
Mario Batali stopped by "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" last night to make shrimp in acqua pazza ("crazy water" in Italian) with Jimmy and Mark Ruffalo...
Christopher Atamian | Posted 04.26.2012
I fear that many Americans prefer to live with the illusion that celebrities are truly superhuman, rather than just slightly more gifted people with the power of big corporations -- and a phalanx of editors and ghostwriters -- behind them.
Jeryl Brunner | Posted 04.24.2012
I love hearing stories about people who take risks to make life-changing deals. Wasn't it Donald Trump who once said, "Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks"?
Food & Wine | Posted 04.09.2012
The satisfaction derived from making something so delicious out of a pile of flour and eggs is incredible, and the difference between that and store-bought 'fresh' pasta is night and day.
Posted 03.27.2012
Mario Batali is a busy man. He owns an empire of restaurants, hosts "The Chew" and constantly has his hands in various projects and charity events. So...
Posted 03.08.2012
Every year since 1991, the James Beard Foundation picks one chef, out of all the hundreds of thousands in America, to be its Outstanding Chef of the Y...
The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 03.07.2012
Mario Batali's long-running legal dispute with workers at his New York restaurants, over improperly withheld tips, is almost over. Law360 reported Tue...
Posted 02.17.2012
Sometimes, a picture is all you need. In honor of Presidents Day, the hosts of "The Chew" are really getting into the spirit. Monday's episode (1pm, ...
Rana Florida | Posted 04.17.2012
This week I spoke with food entrepreneur Mario Batali: "Prove you can do something for someone else first and do not be afraid to work well below your pay potential to get essential experience at the ground level. All great workplace leadership positions merit five years of practice."
Posted 05.23.2012
Who said you can't enjoy an amazing meal with a TV dinner? In the above video, Mario Batali makes a homemade salisbury steak TV dinner, inspired by th...
HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 01.31.2012
Who: Mario Batali While he's a New York native (and damn proud of it), we're going to be seeing a lot more of this orange-croc wearing celebrity ch...
Posted 01.10.2012
Mario Batali might chop off his trademark ponytail, if the price is right. The chef has partnered with Food & Wine magazine and nine of the country's ...
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Posted 01.05.2012
By John Farley Move over Mark Ruffalo -- Mario Batali has entered the anti-fracking fracas. As the Jan. 11 deadline for public feedback on hydraul...
Posted 12.23.2011
Mario Batali is in legal hot water yet again. Fourteen months after being hit with a lawsuit by employees who claimed he and his partners had skimmed ...
Posted 12.14.2011
The bromance between Jimmy Fallon and Mario Batali is unstoppable. Neither Tracy Jordan's incomprehensible japes nor the horrible sweaters that are ap...
Mario Batali | Posted 01.17.2012
Cooking family dinner should start long before bags full of groceries are on the counter. Conversation and democracy are two essential tenets to dining as a family.
Brandt Goldstein | Posted 01.11.2012
On November 9, celebrity chef Mario Batali made the mistake of comparing Wall Street bankers to Hitler. (He also threw Stalin in there, but let's keep this simple.)
Posted 01.09.2012
Celebrity chef Mario Batali compared bankers to some of history's worst dictators Tuesday at a panel discussing who should be 2011 Time's Person Of Th...
Posted 05.29.2012