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Meeting Mario
Three things to say:
LOVE Mario, his food, his authenticity, his passion, his clogs.
Nothing to do at night in Italy? Wait did I mention authenticity?
Who do you think watches the Food Network - or most American TV? Sure - there are some sophisticated, educated, people who have experienced the world - but most are simple, suburban souls who couldn't give a damn about history or geography - that is who mainstream American Corporations and Media Target - HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER BEEN ASKED TO PUT A NIELSEN BOX IN YOUR HOUSE????
Congrats Adam (ok - that's four - sorry).
Meeting Mario
Very nice interview Adam, I enjoyed reading it very much, especially your question on dealing with criticism. You can do one better than Mario and learn to put the critics words in perspective. Laugh them off, and keep doing what you enjoy. Je t'aime beaucoup. Merci mon ami.
Meeting Mario
What a useless piece of journalism. And to think it might have gone like this: Mario Batali is a greedy pig. He will do anything for money. He has restaurants all over America. The restaurants are pretty good. This is because in addition to being a greedy pig, Mario Batali is not an idiot. The people who work for Mario Batali work very hard. They want to become greedy pigs too someday. Mario Batali may or may not help them do this. How iconic. End of story.
Meeting Mario
I never really had a love for Marios food. Its all too weird.
Meeting Mario
"I decide to get tough..." -- after you've done more interviews, you'll learn that the question you asked next is the softess of softballs. It's a set-up meant to allow the interviewee to say, "on the contrary blah blah blah." if you want to do a puffy, fawning interview, best not to try and pretend it's anything different.
Meeting Mario
Wow! That is very cool! You're lucky...but I guess you've earned it.
Meeting Mario
I didn't have a Neilson box, but I was a Neilson journaling family once. I've done Arbitron ratings, too. Twice. Once for TV and once for radio. It's kind of fun, but A LOT of work!
Meeting Mario
Too bad that you didn't ask Mario about Barilla. While it is supposedly "the best selling pasta in Italy," apparently the Campbell Soup Company, the American corporation that uses the name here in the states, alters the recipe, so we get Barilla in name only. Not the same as one would get in Italy.
If that's true, I'd like to know why we can't get the real deal.
Meeting Mario
Great interview. I just came back from the local rec center after reading this and who did I see there but the great Mario himself! With his trademark orange clogs! And of course, it was only a minute before I overheard him talking about cheeses, with the security guard no less!
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Three things to say:
LOVE Mario, his food, his authenticity, his passion, his clogs.
Nothing to do at night in Italy? Wait did I mention authenticity?
Who do you think watches the Food Network - or most American TV? Sure - there are some sophisticated, educated, people who have experienced the world - but most are simple, suburban souls who couldn't give a damn about history or geography - that is who mainstream American Corporations and Media Target - HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER BEEN ASKED TO PUT A NIELSEN BOX IN YOUR HOUSE????
Congrats Adam (ok - that's four - sorry).