Lots of Batali

I enjoyed this quote from Mario Batali in the press release about the new Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine video game:

"I'm delighted to be involved with Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine," said Chef Batali. "My video game counterpart is as passionate and competitive in the virtual Kitchen Stadium as I am in real life..."

Speaking of Batali, I made a batch of his Basic Tomato Sauce last weekend. It was satisfying work, and when it was over, I had around four cups of fantastic sauce, most of which I froze. I've used some of it already in making spaghetti and meatballs this week--they were wonderful.

And finally, you can watch Batali making the pasta sauce on this episode of Molto Mario, which even features special guest Michael Stipe: