Molto Gusto_ Easy Italian Cooking - Mario Batali [64]
To JOE BASTIANICH, my business partner, and the playahz on our teams at all of B&B Hospitality Group, whose work gives us inspiration and keeps the humor flowing
To PAMELA LEWY, my communications director, whose diligence and intelligence keep the wheels on the whole bus, and other buses too
To JUDITH SUTTON, for making a book out of our chicken scratches and for testing the recipes for the real world
To LISA EATON and DOUGLAS RICCARDI, for all of the damn beauty and thought
To chef DAN DROHAN, for running Otto smoothly and at full tilt all of the time
To chef MEREDITH KURTZMAN, for the sweet stuff and constant thought in the cool world of desserts
To DENNIS MULALLY and the core of the Otto staff, for making Otto Pizzeria every day
To QUENTIN BACON and LAUREN VOLO, for wisdom, velocity, and beauty of image
To PAMELA DUNCAN SILVER, PAOLA RAMIREZ, and KARIN OLSEN, for plates, settings, and thoughts
To DANIEL HALPERN, GINNY SMITH, RACHEL BRESSLER, JOHN JUSINO, and LUCY ALBANESE at Ecco, for being the successful ones in their strange business
To JOHN FARBER, for thoughtful and sage advice and follow-through
To DARCIE PURCELL, for helping build the mountain and the Mario Batali Foundation
To TONY GARDNER, my agent, for watching the deal, and to CATHY FRANKEL, my lawyer, for watching everyone else
To JUAN MIGUEL and JULIE PANEBIANCO, for unswerving support and humor
To my partners at COPCO, CROCS, VIC FIRTH, GIA RUSSA, DCI CHEESE, ERNST BENZ, and FRAPPÉ PRODUCTIONS, for vision and perseverance
To JIM HARRISON, for the voice in my head asking me about naps and lunchtime
From Mark
I would like to thank my partners, Mario, Joe, and Jason, for their inspiration and vision
And I would like to thank everyone at Lupa, Otto, and Del Posto for their dedication and hard work!
About the Author
Mario Batali is one of the most recognized and respected chefs working in America today, with fourteen restaurants—including his New York City flagship, Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, as well as two restaurants in Los Angeles and three in Las Vegas—and a host of television shows, including the ever-popular Iron Chef America. He is also the author of eight cookbooks, among them the James Beard Award–winning Molto Italiano, the New York Times bestsellers Italian Grill and Spain…A Culinary Road Trip, the companion book to his prime-time PBS series Spain…On The Road Again. He has received such accolades as a GQ Magazine Man of the Year Award and the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef.
Mario splits his time between New York City’s Greenwich Village and northern Michigan with his wife and their two sons. He started the Mario Batali Foundation in May of 2008 with the mission to feed, protect, educate, and empower children.
To learn more, visit www.mariobatali.com and www.mariobatalifoundation.org.
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Jacket design by Memo Productions
Jacket photographs © Quentin Bacon
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