Auction item: Dinner with chef Batali

[isilzha]

Auction item: Dinner with chef Batali

One of most sought-after items in an Aug. 2 auction benefiting the Leelanau Conservancy will be a wine tasting, cooking lesson and dinner with well-known television chef Mario Batali on Aug. 26.

The minimum bid on the auction item is set at $5,000. The top 12 bidders will join Batali at the Epicure Catering Kitchen at Cherry Basket Farm in Omena on Sunday, Aug. 26, beginning at 4 p.m.

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[Food Network Fan]

Anyone else hear the rumor he was dating Courtney Love? http://spoppe.livejournal.com/tag/general+foods

I find that beyond strange.

[isilzha]

Weeeeeeeeeird.

[Food Network Fan]

His side of it.

Why do you think gossip columns are so interested in you? And what’s with the Daily News linking you to Courtney Love?
I’m an easy target. It’s the Fox News–ation of the tabloids. Names sell. Am I having sex with Courtney Love? No. That was hilarious. You have to go home and say, “Hi honey, there’s stuff in the paper—it’s not true.” I wasn’t even in town at the time. I could point that out to my wife. I do go out. I go have drinks, but there are no drug deals or sex deals or stolen cars.

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[isilzha]

Well thats a relief!

[Food Network Fan]

I guess Rachael Ray isn't the only Food Network personality they are picking on.