Batali, Barilla, Serious Eats, and the Amateur Gourmet

Okay, let me see if I can get this described efficiently.

There’s this guy, Adam Roberts, who has a popular food blog, The Amateur Gourmet.

Adam is currently also writing for the new food groupblogsite, Serious Eats, which published a new article of his today, “Meeting Mario”.

The “Mario” of the title is none other than celebrity chef and clog wearer Mario Batali, most famously from various shows on the Food Network, but also an NYC restauranteur branching out to LA now with Mozza.

Meanwhile, back at the interview, Mario is promoting a new book from pasta corporation Barilla, entitled “The Celebrity Pasta Lovers’ Cookbook”.

Now, normally this wouldn’t be that big of a deal. However, the PDF cookbook is free to download, and Barilla is donating $1 to the America’s Second Harvest food charity every time somebody does. Batali and fellow celeb-chef Giada De Laurentiis edited the various stars’ recipes.

Got all that? ;)