Batali on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon

[Cpt Wafer]

Anybody catch Mario on Late Night, Monday? I hadn't seen him recently. He looks like he's lost at least a hundred pounds. Pretty amazing transformation. Wonder if he'll write a book about it.

[joeyz]

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2009/04/a...

• Ouch: Gwyneth Paltrow has given Mario Batali a free membership at her friend's gym because "Mario is the only fat friend she has, and wants him to change." [NYP]

[KTinNYC]

Mario has already said this story is a complete fabrication.

[joeyz]

That was funny. Reminds me how much I wish Mario was still cooking on TV. That dish was simple but probably extremely good - the essence of Italian cuisine. And he does look thinner.

[kprange]

I thought it looked great too! I am going to try that technique next time I make saltenbocca - which I know I must have misspelled.

[alkapal]

just a thought, maybe he's also laid off some of the vino since the "incident."

[LulusMom]

Oh! Do tell!! How have I missed out on this ...?

[alkapal]

his "reportedly" drunken south beach curse-fest (i wasn't there, so i don't know the "facts.").
http://food.aol.com/mario-batali-drops-f-word
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02242009/gossip/pagesix/batali_goes_bleep_in_miami_156611.htm

and the tidbit at the end of this article is new to me! http://www.miamiherald.com/277/story/...

[LulusMom]

Fantasic. thanks so much for posting that. How on earth did I miss it the first time around??

[alkapal]

lulu's mom, maybe you missed this story because you avoid unedifying media stories about human predelictions. ;-).

me? i had respected batali as a chef and he seemed to be a neat person, and just became disillusioned when his poor behavior came to light. anyway, there was a whole chowhound thread about this where people debated (huh? imagine that?!) the merits or demerits of batali's behavior. i'm not intending to resurrect that argument here, though.

[LulusMom]

Pre-Lulu I *never* would have missed this kind of thing. Oh the things we give up for motherhood!

[LulusMom]

Saw him about a month ago in Charleston SC (wonder why he was *there*) and he definitely looked thinner and healthy.

[Withnail42]

Good for him for losing the weight. But add odd story about cooking in the hotel room in Ireland.

But have to say that the dish did not look to enticing.

[BarmyFotheringayPhipps]

I spent most of the segment thinking the same thing I always think when Mario's on the show: "Mario and Jimmy Fallon are best buds who hang out and go traveling together? How did THAT happen?" That to me is weirder than the fact that Bob Newhart and Don Rickles are lifelong pals....

[KTinNYC]

When Mario did a pizza tasting for NY Magazine he took Jimmy Fallon and Mark Lardner along for the ride.

[Honeychan]

I just saw Mario Batali about 2:45pm today, at The Palazzo in Las Vegas. He's seemingly lost ALOT of weight, or we've all been fooled by the "camera adds 20+ lbs" line. He's about 5'9 or so, and looked maybe 210 lbs. A bit of a gut, but not bad at all. He was very gracious and accomodating to everyone who wanted photos (wish I was one, had to scoot off to work @ 3pm!)

[enbell]

I couldn't keep my eyes off that cookware! I thought that sautee pan was great, anyone use his line?

[roxlet]

Wow! he didn't do that eating lardo!

[KTinNYC]

According to Mark Bittman Mario has lost the weight the same way Bittman did and that is to eat as a vegan until dinner. Bittman hasn't given up eating anything and I'd bet Mario hasn't either.

[LJBTampa]

He does look healthier. Here's the clip: http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-ji...

[goodhealthgourmet]

thanks for posting the clip, he does look much better. very happy to see that!