Mario Batali News

Tangerine, cherry, blueberry, lime and lemon -- deliciously tasty fruits, to be sure, but they're also hot hues in kitchenware.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali voices the character "Rabbit" in the animated movie "Fantastic Mr.

The Food Network's "Iron Chef America" says Philadelphia chef and restaurateur Jose Garces joins the show by winning a weeks-long battle with nine other chefs.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart skipped out on a 'Twilight: New Moon' after-party to spend more time together.

One step inside the Venetian ballroom on November 14 and it was apparent that chef Emeril Lagasse was bringing more to the table than just his cuisine.

Douglas Santi, who worked for Alain Ducasse at Louis XV in Monaco, St. Regis in New York and MiX at Vegas, is now at a new Mayfair restaurant specialising in Tuscan cuisine.

As a New York based food blogger, I often make an effort to vary my posts so that those of you not in New York--which, I imagine, is actually the large majority of you--can feel like I'm speaking to you too.

Karina Smirnoff and Emeril Lagasse at his Carnival du Vin in the Palazzo. The Carnivale du Cuisine brought together many of the top chefs in the country: Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali, Bradley Odgena most of the big names were at the Venetian this weekend.

Frittatas were on the menu Sunday afternoon at Y&H's house.A It sounded like a good idea, both simple and satisfying.

Really. I mean did they go ADA and pick a blind person for Michells wardrobe advisor? When Iron Chef America went to the white House you can see that the First Wookie made Mario Batali her favorite, that's why she personally picked out his sox and Crocks.

"Everyone eats bread in some form or another, and it never ceases to nourish both our bodies and our imaginations," writes celebrated chef and author Peter Reinhart in his new book, "Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Everyday." It's one of the reasons bread is such a good metaphor for the spiritual journey, according to Reinhart, called "the Leonardo ...

Just two days after Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, chef John Besh, an ex- Marine who served in Kuwait and fought in Desert Storm, was already tapping his national network of military buddies to marshal resources - from propane tanks to red beans and rice - to feed workers, refugees and evacuees.

In the magazine this week, Adam Platt admires A Voce Columbus for its elegant design and moderate prices, but is most impressed by Missy Robbins's food: "Like Mario Batali, Michael White, and the other masters of this comfort-obsessed rustico era, she has a knack for taking simple Italian basics and elevating them to a different plane." Chris Smith ...

Food Network stars Mario Batali, Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse will travel to the White House for a two-hour episode of "Iron Chef America" to air Jan.

Where to begin here. 7,500 words by Sam McPheeters on an old bandmate who just happens to have become a major force in New York dining.

Michelle Obama's vegetable garden is about to become a culinary battlefield. The Food Network announced yesterday that an episode of "Iron Chef America" will be taped at the White House featuring Mario Batali, Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse.

While Cru gets cheaper and more casual, Diner's Journal reports that another fine-dining heavy hitter, Del Posto , is going the opposite route.

We suspected the loss of a Michelin star had weighed heavily on Mario Batali when a call for new sous-chefs at Del Posto went up a day after the setback, and now, speaking about the elimination of the restaurant's enoteca , Batali tells the Feed: "We're going to get our second Michelin star and a four-star New York Times review this year, and this ...

Just as Mario Batali has shrunk Del Posto in his quest for the NYT stamp of approval, Dovetail has added 20 seats to its dining room and 500 bottles to its wine list.

The season changed and we craved Italian. My husband and I wanted the hearty taste of a rich sauce and, as celebrity chef Mario Batali sometimes says, the "pinnacle of pasta" that feeds your soul and gives you pure pleasure.