All the Things You Didn't Know About Buddy Valastro

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Favorite Chocolate Dessert: Chocolate Lava Cake

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Favorite Pie Flavor: Pumpkin Pie

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Favorite Pastry: Lobster Tails

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Favorite Sandwich: Roast Beef and Mutz from Fiore's in Hoboken

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Favorite Fried Dessert: Zeppoles

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Favorite Deep-Fried Savory Dish: Fried Chicken

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Favorite Pasta Dish: His Wife's Spaghetti

"My favorite pasta dish is my wife’s spaghetti with roasted tomatoes and roasted garlic. Mwah!"

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Favorite Doughnut: Old-Fashioned Cruller

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Regular Tuesday Night Dinner: Homemade Italian Classics

"My wife will probably have made a whole lot of something amazing — veal saltimbocca, roasted eggplant, stuffed artichokes. Whenever I’m not practically inhaling Chinese food over a sink at a bakery, she spoils me."

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The First Dish He Mastered: Cream Puffs and Eclairs

"It was all my dad would let me do for quite some time!"

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His Favorite Vacation Spot: Family-Friendly, Warm-Weather Escapes

"I love going to Disney with the kids. Nothing beats getting to see the looks on their faces the entire time. Other than that, we do like to unwind anywhere in the Caribbean."