Mario Batali Quotes

It is a very great mistake to suppose, as a few English cooks still do, that spaghetti and macaroni should be soaked in water before cooking.

Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later.

I prefer eating to cooking.

I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.

When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking.

A good meal is very important to me. When I have a bad meal, especially out, it's like I'm sitting in an airport during a flight delay. It's a part of my life I can't get back.

My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread - works all the time. I think I've been eating pasta for 26 years.

I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer.

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.

Normally, I like to eat at home. We don't go out much. The food at home is so good.

In general in New York, we all eat like kings. Insane quality, mind-blowing variety, at all price ranges.

A food's value is based on how good it tastes.

I don't like gourmet cooking or 'this' cooking or 'that' cooking. I like good cooking.

Very rarely does food enhance the conversation. If the food is really good, there'll be much less conversation because you'd be concentrating too much on the food.

Some nights, a romantic dinner can be killed by having to do dishes afterward, so it probably suits you better to go out for dinner. But I love cooking and always have.

The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing.

If you can't eat incredible food, then what's the point?

I got a lot of restaurants I like to eat at, smash out some food.

I don't overcook, because you lose what's good in the food.

If you think about it, composed salads are like nachos (I'll explain). When you're eating a plate of nachos, it's always a bummer when you get to those naked, topping-less chips on the bottom of the pile. It's the same with salads. No one wants to find a naked leaf on the end of their fork.

I eat a lot more now than I ever used to. I have taken a real interest in nutrition and believe in the difference that makes when fueling your body correctly. That means never skipping a meal and making sure that my diet supports my training needs.

Even people who like the kind of food on offer, are coming to recognize that eating from this food chain is not conducive to good health.

Great chefs know it's the appearance of food that counts...but great eaters know its the amount of food that counts

Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.

A warmed-up dinner was never worth much.