We asked acclaimed chef Mario Batali if given the assignment to cook for five athletes, who are the athletes he would choose, and what meal would he prepare?
I've cooked for Tiger Woods at [his restaurant] Lupa but I would love to cook for him on a separate occasion. I'm a big fan of Paul Pierce and I'd like to see what he's all about. He looks like an interesting fellow as well as smart and crafty. Then I'd choose Michael Phelps. I'm a fan of the Olympics and I'd like to see what he's all about. Lorena Ochoa is a machine and she always looks tuned up. And I need a football player so how about Bart Starr? Once people sit down and eat, sharing food they actually enjoy, participating in the act of eating and the meal experience, their guard comes down to a certain extent and you can really see what they are all about because you put them on the same playing field.
What would I serve them if I was cooking for them in a restaurant? Well, if I was cooking for them in restaurant, what you want to do is give them options – especially sports guys and girls who have their own weird diets whether it is all carbs or no carbs. So I would serve them a five-course meal and tell them if they don't like a certain course, just back out. I'd start with a little antipasto, some kind of a marinated vegetable salad. Then we would have some kind of a pasta, maybe linguini with clams, but they could also have it without the shellfish. Then I would have some kind of a bird, maybe a quail or a squab and then maybe a steak. Then I'd finish with a fresh fruit and a cherry pie or cherry tart.
Now it's your turn. Tell us the athletes you'd like to have over for dinner.
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anybody in here on facebook?
Clef - Knight of the Realm | 07/23/08, 03:35 PM
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Thinking about the Fantasy Football SI game on there, Clef?
MungoDM
We could set up a fantasy league for 10 Spotters if not on facebook maybe on Ya***
Ten Duke | 07/23/08, 04:02 PM
Report Offensive CommentMichelle Wie: I make a great kung pao chicken.
Max_M | 07/23/08, 04:04 PM
Report Offensive CommentNo bacon?
Marshall K. - Top Cat | 07/23/08, 04:06 PM
Report Offensive Commentcount me in!
Can't wait for the season to begin....going to start offering the office pool in the preseason this year...lol
Max_M | 07/23/08, 04:06 PM
Report Offensive CommentI love it when a fellow Italian says he'll start with anitpasto.
Anthony Verna | 07/23/08, 04:07 PM
Report Offensive CommentHow about a steak sandwich and a....steak sandwich?
Marshall K. - Top Cat | 07/23/08, 04:07 PM
Report Offensive CommentWade Boggs...I can make chicken...he can bring the chicks!
Max_M | 07/23/08, 04:08 PM
Report Offensive CommentA quick question: We helping with an auction for The Nat'l Brain Cancer Foundation. We just scored an autographed ball from the Trailblazers.
How much do we list it for? (insert favorite team in Trailblazers)
A Brandon Roy one goes for about 150.
AF d1 | 07/23/08, 04:08 PM
Report Offensive CommentAnyone who says the don't want Dickie Thon for dinner is a liar!!
Flanders- the complete game | 07/23/08, 04:08 PM
Report Offensive CommentMichelle Wie: I make a great kung pao chicken.
Max_M
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She'd either withdraw from the dinner engagement due to an "injury", miss the cut after two courses, or somehow get herself DQ'd.
Martel - Moopsbane | 07/23/08, 04:08 PM
Report Offensive CommentShe'd either withdraw from the dinner engagement due to an "injury", miss the cut after two courses, or somehow get herself DQ'd.
Martel -
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That's what I'm counting on...I'm also a certified first responder.
Max_M | 07/23/08, 04:09 PM
Report Offensive CommentHow about a steak sandwich and a....steak sandwich?
Marshall K. - Top Cat
Wrapped in bacon?
Ten Duke | 07/23/08, 04:09 PM
Report Offensive CommentHow about a steak sandwich and a....steak sandwich?
Marshall K. - Top Cat
Is that you, Mr. Cocktoast?
Flanders- the complete game | 07/23/08, 04:10 PM
Report Offensive CommentFlanders-where have you been!?
AF d1 | 07/23/08, 04:10 PM
Report Offensive CommentNew internet policy here at work....big brother and all that. But I'm gonna try to pop in once in a while.
I miss you guys.
Flanders- the complete game | 07/23/08, 04:12 PM
Report Offensive CommentAs long as you're not surfing bad places--they won't get you.
AF d1 | 07/23/08, 04:13 PM
Report Offensive CommentHere's my list
Reggie White
Lance Armstrong
Arthur Ashe
FGB | 07/23/08, 04:14 PM
Report Offensive Commentfacebook from the other page:
fantasy football sounds cool, but I don't know how (gasp)
Nah, under "Pieces of Flair" search for Pete. LOL! Be the first on your block to sport your 10 Spot flair!
Clef, Sir Treble of - Knight | 07/23/08, 04:15 PM
Report Offensive CommentAs long as you're not surfing bad places--they won't get you.
AF1-I am not a crook
I hope you're right...but I've been warned that the cubes have spies.
Flanders- the complete game | 07/23/08, 04:15 PM
Report Offensive Comment. . . then I'd finish with a fresh fruit and a cherry pie or cherry tart.
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I am tempted but will not touch this . . . although I will say that cherry tart sounds like an oxymoron.
Tom, actuarially speaking | 07/23/08, 04:15 PM
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