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...Mario Batali is getting back to cooking...
...required to follow, for food safety. The man is cranked up. Even the concept of failure seems to be a tonic for him. "There are five ways for everything to go wrong, and I'm a little nervous, but that's exciting," he says. (Watch 10 Questions for Mario Batali...
...whole experience is one that Batali's peers have to find enviable. He can afford to take mega-risks, with mega-rewards; that's what being a superchef does for you. There's always a Mr. Moneybags lined up to finance or partner with for the next project. But a chef has to follow through, and it's to Batali's credit that he is moving forward, instead of just whining about how much he misses the kitchen...
What about the fact that a restaurant may serve only a few thousand people in one city, rather than millions across a country? Batali has an answer for that: "Good food trickles down, no matter where. When good things happen, they eventually happen in Peoria." (See more about Mario Batali...
...truth is that whether in Peoria, Persia or points in between, the most influential chefs aren't the ones who periodically descend to restaurants they've created and then leave again; they're the ones who actually run the kitchen every night. That's where Batali is blessed - he has help from guys like Mike Toscano, who will be running the Eataly meat restaurant, and Mark Ladner, who runs Del Posto, Batali's upscale, special-occasion restaurant. Jean Georges can't be in his namesake restaurant every day, but his guy there, Mark Lapico, can. The same goes for Colicchio...