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From Required Eating

Meeting Mario

I never really had a love for Marios food. Its all too weird.

valleyankee at 8:20PM on 02/05/07

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The Power of Food Blogging

If you are reviewing a restaurant I don't really think it right to take a free meal. In any other profession that would get you fired. Did you know that you were called a “a world-class mooch" by and article in the NY Mag?

valleyankee at 10:58PM on 02/03/07

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From Required Eating

The Power of Food Blogging

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.

IslandGourmet at 5:43PM on 04/28/07

From Required Eating

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.

Louise at 1:31PM on 02/08/07

From Required Eating

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.

drypork at 10:32AM on 02/07/07