Restaurants | Chef Bourdain talks about Seattle's magical food scene, Batali envy and more | Seattle Times Newspaper

Restaurants | Chef Bourdain talks about Seattle's magical food scene, Batali envy and more | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Anthony Batali has a certain ring to it. But just because Anthony Bourdain would like to be adopted by the Batali food family doesn't mean it will happen. For now, he will have to settle for sharing the stage with one.

'It's a bone of contention between me and Mario [Batali],' Bourdain said. 'I'm deeply envious of his family. I'd kind of like them to adopt me.'

Bourdain, celebrity chef, author of 'Kitchen Confidential' and host of the Travel Channel's 'No Reservations,' will be bantering Saturday with equally-famous-and-probably-not-adopting New York chef Mario Batali at the Paramount Theatre. If Bourdain's brief trip to Seattle works the way he hopes, it will include a juicy, dripping sandwich from Pioneer Square shop Salumi Artisan Cured Meats. The shop was co-founded by Mario's parents, Armandino and Marilyn Batali. It's now owned by their daughter and son-in-law Gina Batali and Brian D'Amato."