Mario Batali

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born

September 09, 1960

gender

male

place of birth

Yakima, Washington, The United States

website

http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/27981/Mario_B...

genre

Cooking, Food & Wine

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Mario Batali is known to most people as both the star of the Food Network's Molto Mario and one of the Iron Chefs on Iron Chef America. Winner of numerous awards for his restaurants, Mario himself is the recipient of the 2005 James Beard All-Clad Outstanding Chef Award, the most prestigious cooking honor there is. Mario is also a huge NASCAR fan. Like many guys his age, Mario first discovered the thrill of stock car racing watching the ebullient Chris Economaki, in his Martian-style headphones, reporting live from the pit area at Daytona. Mario has been a more active racing fan these last few years, hosting prerace dinners at the track for the drivers. His restaurant Otto has become something of an unofficial hangout whenever NASCAR visits ...more

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books by Mario Batali

avg rating: 3.88 | 403 ratings | 76 reviews | 11 distinct works

	Molto Italiano: 327 Simple Italian Recipes to Cook at Home by Mario Batali avg rating 3.99 — 174 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	The Babbo Cookbook by Mario Batali avg rating 3.99 — 67 ratings — published 2002	my rating:
	Spain...A Culinary Road Trip by Mario Batali, Gwyneth Paltrow avg rating 3.59 — 63 ratings — published 2008	my rating:
	Mario Batali Simple Italian Food: Recipes from My Two Villages by Mario Batali avg rating 3.69 — 51 ratings — published 1998	my rating:
	Italian Grill by Mario Batali, Judith Sutton avg rating 4.09 — 22 ratings — published 2008	my rating:
	Mario Batali Holiday Food by Mario Batali avg rating 4.00 — 13 ratings — published 2000	my rating:
	Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style by Mario Batali avg rating 3.29 — 7 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	It's About Time: Great Recipes for Everyday Life by Michael Schlow, Mario Batali avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	The Art of Eating by Mario Batali avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1975	my rating:
	The Random House Italian Kitchen by Mario Batali, Marcella Hazan, Frank Pellegrino avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings	my rating:
	Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs by Editors of Phaidon Press, Ferran Adria (Editor), Mario Batali (Editor), Gordon Ramsay (Editor) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009	my rating: