Mario Batali

Facelifts: Del Posto's Enoteca Gets the Ax

source: Eater

In a curious move, Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's three star Italian diva Del Posto will lose its Enoteca, or the cafe portion of the restaurant. Those familiar with the set up know that the 30-seat cafe is where Del... In a curious move, Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's three star Italian d...

Published Thu, Nov 5

Mario, Emeril, & Bobby Get 2 hr White House Special - A Sign of Importance or a Consolation Prize For Dwindling Network Time?

source: food network addict

When you get an invite from the White House you send in the big guns. And at Food Network, to many people, those would be Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, and Emeril Lagasse... or they would have used to...

Published Wed, Nov 4

First Lady will appear on a very special Iron Chef America

source: TV Squad

First Lady Michelle Obama will reveal the secret ingredient on the January 3 special episode of Iron Chef America (I don't think it's the season premiere because we're in the middle of new episodes right now). There's no specifics yet on what the secret ingredient will be, but it is somethi...

Published Wed, Nov 4

First Lady Michelle Obama Appearing on Iron Chef America

source: Gothamist

A purr-fectly costumed Michelle Obama distributes what can only be healthy, organically grown, locally-sourced fruit treats to children on Halloween. (Courtesy The White House Flickr) Last month celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, and Emeril Lagasse visited the White House g...

Published Wed, Nov 4

'The Next Iron Chef' - Too Much Is Never Enough

source: Slashfood

For those keeping track, this is not "Iron Chef America," the cooking-in-front-of-a-stadium spectacle that's closest to the Japanese original. In a way, that makes it more interesting -- in place of mega-celebs like Mario Batali, you get a bevy of less over-exposed folks like New York'...

Published Mon, Oct 12

Fine Living will become the Cooking Channel

source: TV Squad

The way I see this, since Scripps owns the Food Network, the Cooking Channel will be sort of a Food Network annex. Food Network 2.0. Food Network, Two. In actuality, a lot of the programming on Fine Living now is connected to Food Network. Old Iron Chef episodes, Emeril LaGasse and Mario Batali an...

Published Thu, Oct 8

Crocs Shoe Company Survives, And Thus Mario Batali's Shoe Collection

source: LA Weekly

This happy news just in via @thefoodsection: Crocs will stay in business . And thus Mario Batali will not need to switch to Birkenstocks, for which we are all grateful.

Published Fri, Oct 2

Chefs' Guilty Pleasures

source: Slashfood

Mario Batali When orange-clogged chef and television personality Mario Batali isn't reinventing Italian cuisine, he's still got it in the bag -- of Doritos, that is. "I love two things: good gelato and, strangely enough, Doritos and salsa. It has to be Doritos, though. I especially like th...

Published Fri, Sep 25