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- Food is often said to appeal to every sense except hearing, but Mario couldn’t let the diners in his restaurants be cheated out of a full sensory experience. Sometimes controversial with the critics, but widely embraced by the public, the music that Mario plays at his home and on his headphones is the same music that can be heard throughout his restaurant empire.
- "It should be love and joy and
- music and art and dance and being together
- that drive us to cook, to eat, and to share."
- Mario's tastes are diverse and he believes that albums should be played in their full form so you won’t find any playlists on file at Babbo. These albums comprise Mario's top 40 classic favorites. In addition to these check back to see what he is listening to at the moment.

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| 100+ celebrities designed lunchboxes for auction on eBay to benefit The Food Bank for New York City and The Lunchbox Fund of South Africa. U2's The Edge, Chris Martin of Coldplay and Food Bank Board Member, Chef Mario Batali attended the Lunchbox Auction kickoff party at Wooster Projects Gallery in Chelsea in early October 2005. |
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- Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
- Beck – Odelay
- Black Crowes – Shake Your Moneymaker
- Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
- Buena Vista Social Club
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- Cesaria Evora – Distino Di Belita
- The Chieftains – Voice of Ages

- Clash – London Calling
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- David Bowie – Low
- David Bowie – Heroes
- The Dead Weather – Horehound
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- Grateful Dead – Hundred Year Hall
- Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
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- Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
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- Janes Addiction – Kettle Whistle
- Jayhawks – Smile Electric Ladyland
- Joe Strummer – Global a Go-Go
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- Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- The Kills – Black Balloon EP
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- Led Zeppelin – Physical Grafitti
- Lenny Kravitz – Mama Said
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- Moby – 18
- Morcheeba – Big Calm
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- Neutral Milk Hotel – On Avery Island
- Nirvana – MTV Unplugged
- Nusrat Fateh Alikhan – Mustt Mustt
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- Patti Smith – Land (from the album Horses)
- PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love
- Portishead – Dummy
- Punch Brothers – Antifogmatic
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- REM – Automatic for the People
- REM – Monster
- REM – Reveal
- Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
- Radiohead – Kid A
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- The Rolling Stones– Emotional Rescue
- The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup
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- The Talking Heads – 77
- Tom Waits – Rain dogs
- Tom Waits – Swordfish Trombones
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- U2 – Under a Blood Red Sky
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- Van Morrison – Too Long In Exile
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- The White Stripes – Elephant
- Wilco – Summerteeth
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- X – Los Angeles
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- Youssou N'Dour – Joko
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