{"id":22443,"date":"2012-04-20T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=22443"},"modified":"2012-04-24T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:57:39","slug":"dining-out-for-earth-day-with-mario-batali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2012\/04\/garden-programming\/dining-out-for-earth-day-with-mario-batali\/","title":{"rendered":"Dining Out for Earth Day with Mario Batali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mario1.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"22459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2012\/04\/garden-programming\/dining-out-for-earth-day-with-mario-batali\/attachment\/mario-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mario1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"484,394\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1302604064&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;56&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mario Batali\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mario1-300x244.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mario1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22459 alignright\" title=\"Mario Batali\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mario1-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mario1-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Mario1.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re coming to the <a title=\"The New York Botanical Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\">NYBG<\/a> on Sunday for <a title=\"The Nature Conservancy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.org\/\">The Nature Conservancy<\/a>&#8216;s <a title=\"Plant Talk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2012\/04\/garden-programming\/earth-day-the-right-way\/\">Picnic for the Planet<\/a>, try not to overdo it during lunch! You&#8217;ll want to save room for an evening outing sure to have gourmands salivating, because long-time <a title=\"Plant Talk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/?s=Mario+Batali\">Friend of the Garden Mario Batali<\/a> is jumping in with an event of his own.<\/p>\n<p>Building on his success in <a title=\"Plant Talk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/07\/around-the-garden\/on-the-plate-mario-batalis-edible-garden\/\">last year&#8217;s Family Garden events<\/a>, the legendary Babbo chef will once again join with the NYBG in raising awareness about the power of the foods we buy and eat. Along with Mario&#8217;s partners, Lidia and Joe Bastianich, the trio&#8217;s <a title=\"B&amp;B Hospitality Group\" href=\"http:\/\/bandbhg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">B&amp;B Hospitality Group<\/a> honors this year&#8217;s Earth Day with a special promotion at each of its restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, sending every patron of their fine B&amp;B restaurants home with a special Earth Day gift. Not only will you leave well-fed, but you&#8217;ll do so with a packet of B&amp;BHG&#8217;s organic Cherry Belle\u2122 radish seeds. It also doubles as a two-for one ticket offer to visit the NYBG this summer, all in the name of bringing environmental responsibility home.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8220;I love these seed packets!&#8221; says Batali. &#8220;They&#8217;re the perfect introduction to DIY sustainability in your own home. Eating radishes you grew yourself? That&#8217;s one way to start lowering your carbon footprint!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You should know that I&#8217;ve grown radishes myself, and even with my deadly greenthumb they sprouted like they were being chased out of the ground. The beginning gardener couldn&#8217;t ask for a more forgiving starter vegetable. Be sure to check out <a title=\"Mario Batali's Edible Garden recipes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/tag\/recipes\/\">Mario&#8217;s many delicious garden recipes<\/a> on Plant Talk for ideas on how to make the most of your future harvest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Earth Week, and there&#8217;s eating to be done! 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