Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules.

- Mario Batali

The Italians were eating with forks when the French were still eating each other.

- Mario Batali

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times.

- Mario Batali

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.

- Mario Batali

Find something you love, because if you love what you do, you'll never spend a day at work.

- Mario Batali

There's a battle between what the cook thinks is high art and what the customer just wants to eat.

- Mario Batali

Close your eyes and place your finger on a map. Wherever it lands, that's the theme of the evening. So many times we settle for routine dishes. This …

- Mario Batali

Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It is something to find or hunt or cultiv…

- Mario Batali

Food, like most things, is best when left to its own simple beauty.

- Mario Batali