"My family makes these vinegars - out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer, label them, and give them as Christmas presents."
-Mario Batali
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"In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's no mediocrity accepted.“
-Mario Batali
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"Although the skills aren't hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a really good restaurant."
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"Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients."
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"We 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."
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"The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family."
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"I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti."
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