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Just what the world needs, 100,000 amateur food critics...OMG! Scarey. If you want to be a critic why not declare open season on all computer companies who haven't perfected a computer to be compatible with MS. What about retail stores who repackage returned (often faulty) merchandise and sell it as new. Consumer goods that don't work or fall apart within a short time. What about lousy service in stores and government offices. Why pick on restaurants. If you really want to know something about restaurants get a job in one for a few months, then lets hear your "critique." When you're "critiquing," restaurants, ask yourself what kind of job your doing when you're at work...Man...make me soooo crazy...Why does EVERYONE wanna be food critique. Go have another hamburger. Then get a life.

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.