In an earlier item we admitted our mind went all to mush when we tried to ponder what Braden Keil-hating chef-man Mario Batali and Jake Gyllenhaal were doing breakfasting together at Balthazar. A number of you have written in to inform us that the two families go way way back—a claim this episode of Molto Mario on which the Gyllenhaals en masse are the guests substantiates. Turns out our generation's Rock Hudson has quite a natural and easygoing relationship with your uncle's generation's Sam Kinison.

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