Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis has recalled chef Mario Batali making inappropriate comments about her appearance in the foreword to her cookbook. “He’s really the main guy I’d worked with, and ...

Sometimes the kitchen is too hot for more than one chef at a time, sparking feuds between Food Network mainstays. “He’s really the main guy I had worked with. He’s a legend in the Italian space,” De ...

Giada De Laurentiis recalled a heartbreaking moment involving Mario Batali that she said shaped her opinion of him — and how he perceived her as a chef. “This is a person we’re not supposed to talk ...

Mark Ladner, a master of Italian cooking and a Batali protégé, is reinventing the Manhattan restaurant under the same famous (and infamous) name. “There is a lot to celebrate” in Babbo’s legacy, said ...