Molto Mario

Genre: Cooking, How-to

Premise: Acclaimed chef Mario Batali hosts this series that celebrates the freshness, simplicity and traditions of Italian cuisine. Usually dressed in shorts and orange clogs, the charismatic cook with the ponytail applies the skills learned from his decades of culinary training (including three years of study in the Northern Italian village of Borgo Capanne) to whip up tantalizing dishes for the many guests to his kitchen. Lovers of eggplant parmigiana, gnocchi and Ragu Bolognese will be in for a treat.