If this has been mentioned, excuse my duplication: Mario was a guest
on Martha's show this week, and explained (in answer to her question)
that he was still going to be on ICA (he has a 17-competition winning
streak going), but that the Food Network had decided that his Molto
Mario didn't fit in with their stated desire to appeal to more of a
mass market. He said he wasn't mad at them or anything.

He is doing a series where he and Gwyneth (?? - daughter or wife?) are
traveling and eating their way through Spain, and it will air on PBS
next fall. He said he was also "talking to" the Travel Channel.

N.