-
Babbo's menu is only four pages, but it's overwhelming - there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There is nothing I hate more than a useless, lazy menu with only three appetizers and four entrees.
Joe Bastianich -
'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is.
Joe Bastianich
-
I'm a baritone. Baritones don't mature until late.
Joe Bastianich -
My wife and I battle over home decor. My style goes from Gothic to Baroque. Hers is minimalist.
Joe Bastianich -
Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running.
Joe Bastianich -
The best pastas are cut with bronze dies that give them a rough texture and allow the sauce to cling.
Joe Bastianich -
At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags.
Joe Bastianich -
I was raised in restaurants. My parents opened their first restaurant, Buonavia, in Queens when I was just 3. This business has always been my way of life. As a kid, home was reserved only for sleeping. After school, you could find my sister and I helping out at the family restaurant.
Joe Bastianich
-
I think a lot of people overlook the importance of the menu as a marketing tool and a way of communicating to the customer what the ambition of their restaurant is. Not only the typeface and the design, but what is it printed on? Is it cheap-looking? Is it the right kind of paper for that restaurant?
Joe Bastianich -
New York is the best food city in the world.
Joe Bastianich