Where does Mario Batali, one of the biggest chefs in America, like to eat? Where's his favorite farmers market and what cheese does he prefer?
Caitlin Zaino from The Urban Grocer has posed these questions and more to the TV chef.
A heavy weight of the industry Batali is a strong character in the kitchen, on tv or in some of his many books - but the one question always remained, What does he like to eat at 3am in the morning.
It's an interesting snapshot into the chef's life and interesting to know that a man like Batali thinks he would be a professional banjo player if he wasn't a chef.
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