Mario Batali's Love Advice: Learn to Play Guitar

CNN asked Mario Batali what "swoon-inducing" food he would cook for a date. Batali's advice? Keep the meal simple so he can "spend the rest of his time wooing and impressing her with his guitar playing, singing, and general respite from poetry [sic]." If that's how it works, Tom Colicchio and Joe Bastianich must have gotten all the ladies in Aspen last month.

Video: Mario Batali on the Food of Love

· Mario Batali on the Food of Love [CNN]
· Tom Colicchio and Joe Bastianich Perform "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" [-E-]
· All Mario Batali coverage on Eater [-E-]