Overview
- De Laurentiis revealed the anecdote on Samah Dada’s YouTube show On the Menu, recounting her shock at the draft she received.
- She said Batali’s foreword for her 2005 cookbook Everyday Italian claimed her achievements were due to her breasts, which brought her to tears.
- With her editor’s support, De Laurentiis rewrote the foreword and sent the revised draft back to Batali for approval before publication.
- The version that appeared in Everyday Italian instead lauded her as “smart, Italian-speaking and family-oriented,” and praised her cooking expertise.
- Batali has not commented on the newly shared story and remains out of the public eye after past misconduct allegations; De Laurentiis has since published 10 more cookbooks and led a 2025 Prime Video special.