Adam Robb Tracked Down Mario Batali in Michigan

For Caper, Adam Robb traveled “to Michigan, to the Traverse City Food and Wine Festival, to interview the infamous chef Mario Batali about his recent inroads toward making a comeback years after his sex scandal.”

Robb told Study Hall: “After my plans to attend his lunch event and interview him were canceled right before I arrived, I spent the weekend interviewing so many food celebrities in attendance, from Ruth Reichl to Andrew Zimmern, about whether Batali deserves to be redeemed. Finally, fate led Batali and I right to one other on my last morning in town. Along the way I also learned he was never a recluse in Traverse City, but instead become a local celebrity on rock radio even at the height of his civil and criminal investigations.”