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Mario Batali is a busy guy. He has three top restaurants in New York, Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, Lupa and Esca; an Italian wine shop, Italian Wine Merchants; two television series on the Food Net- work, "Molto Mario" and "Mario Eats Italy," and three cookbooks, Simple Italian Food, Mario Batali Holiday Food and his latest, The Babbo Cookbook. His fourth restaurant, opening this fall, is a pizzeria across from his house in Greenwich Village.
Even though he has a lot on his plate, family comes first and he loves living close to the restaurants so he can visit his wife and kids at any time. "The Italian way to be in the restaurant business," Batali says, "is to make the family part of the restaurant."
Batali makes no apologies for the "chefy" style of his latest cookbook. "The Babbo Cookbook is really a record of the restaurant and is for people who want to recreate the meals they have had there," he says. "I like to serve large portions at the restaurant and sometimes use four sauces on one dish. I want people to know exactly how we do things at the restaurant. But at home they can adapt them."
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ex. She's got a new job.
quality of work done:a completed piece of work of a particular quality
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good job-used for telling somebody that they have done something correctly or well.
make the best of a bad job-?to get the best result possible from an unfavorable situation.
on the job-engaged in working.
She's worth her salt - She's a valuable employee.
She's like a fish out of water - She is not in her area of expertise.
I did it by the skin of my teeth - I just barely got the job done.
You must get the upper hand - Get an advantage on your competitor.
It's hands off to you - You are not to do any work on this item.
You better shake a leg - You need to work faster.
Don't drag your feet - Don't delay - get to work.
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