"My last meal? The food would be much less significant than the company." ― Mario Batali Topic(s): Communication More From Mario Batali "Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available – logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients." "Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I’m looking for something different. A lot of chefs’ cookbooks are food as it’s done in the restaurants, but they are dumbed down, and I hate it when they dumb them down." "Are we Darwinists – where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support." More In Communication "Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can’t."― Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said."― Peter Drucker "We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic."― Emma Thompson