I love this quote from Mario Batali, made during the Q&A session he did with eGullet last year.

“i am not now, nor have i ever been, nor do i harbour any false expectation of ever being, a great baker…. i can schwing a few loosely conceived fruit tarts into the abyss and am at home with cookies and brownies out of the duncan hines repertoire, but the exzacting consistancy necessary to great baking is not in my genetic puddle and i go forth, unafraid, with gina depalma (babbo pastry chef) at my side into the new world every thing she makes is my favorite thing”

May all of us who are stumped by the exactitude of pastry work schwing tarts into the abyss and go forth unafraid toward our own baking nirvana.

Posted on Sunday, May 1st, 2005 at 3:37 pm . Filed under Reading & Watching.
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