Mario Batali's 12 Greatest Tips For the Home Cook

When it comes to proper cooking footwear, we can't help but love Mario's iconic Crocs. He reminisces, "Orange became the national family Batali color . . . My wife bought me orange Crocs when I opened my very first restaurant, though they weren't Crocs at that time, they were called Calzuro. . . . When Crocs came out, it became obvious that they had built them for me and I've stuck with them."