When You Use Tabasco In The Marinade,

The Difference Between 'molto Italiano' And 'the Babbo Cookbook' Is That The Ingredient Lists In 'molto' Are About Half Or Even A Third The Size. In 'babbo,' They Are Very Long, They Are Very Real. That's Exactly How We Make Them In The Restaurant.

When I Was In College, I Used To Write Little Ditties And Short Stories And Poetry For My Friends. Writing A Book Is Another Thing. It Is So Much Different From My Traditional Day Of Dirty Fingernails And Greasy Hair And Hot Pans.

Chefs Don't Actually Say 'that's A Spicy Meat-a-ball,' Except To Indicate That There's A Bomb Threat In The Restaurant Without Alarming The Customers. Terrorism Is The Spiciest Meatball There Is.

I Like Thick Or Middle (spaghetti). Thin For Me Is Always Overcooked By The Time I'm Eating It.

To Eat The Boiled Head Of A Pig Sliced Like Salami Is Very Strange. It May Seem Cutting Edge, But It's Actually A Lot Older Than Any Of The Other Traditional Salami.