Comments on: TJT: Tortellini en Brodo

By: food librarian

food librarian — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:23:41 +0000

Thanks for visiting my blog! We could start a club of Los Angeles Canon Flash owners! I also purchased the macro lens ($400!!!) and that has been so wonderful and worth it (economic stimulus check went there). I don’t drink wine, but I’m enjoying your website for the recipes – especially this one!!

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:04:14 +0000

Thanks for the info, Craig. I didn’t realize that others in the Batali family had a flair for authentic Italian cuisine. Mario is so passionate about cooking on his show that most think he was born and raised in Italy (his roots are actually in Seattle). It wasn’t until after he had 3 years of intensive training in Northern Italy that he decided to return to the US to begin his thriving restaurant empire. We’ve tried one of his restaurants here in LA (Pizzeria Mozza) and had some of the best authentic Italian fare ever (especially the pizzas!). I even found them to be better than the ones we had recently in Italy. It sounds like Batali senior knows his stuff, too!

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:45:00 +0000

Here in the states, arguably the best real Italian salumeria is SALUMI in Seattle. Owned and run by Armandino Batali, father of Mario Batali (of Molto Mario fame) and it’s right in the Pioneer Square area. People start lining up at around 10 am to get in for lunch – they usually walk up and down the line giving free samples to the waiting patrons. Armandino is a retired Boeing employee and decided to open up his own hand-crafted salumeria – visit it at salumicuredmeats.com