Giada de Laurentiis claims Mario Batali wrote an inappropriate, disparaging foreword to her debut cookbook. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images, Scott Eisen/Getty Images)Giada De Laurentiis recently recalled crying after she read the disparaging comments that, she says, chef Mario Batali wrote about her in a foreword for her first cookbook.The Italian-born chef, cookbook author and Food Network regular joined host Samah Dada on her YouTube show On the Menu on July 29. In a clip from the episode shared on TikTok on Aug.