
Heat
An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
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Michael Kramer
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Bill Buford
From one of our most interesting literary figures - former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the Thugs - a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook.
Expanding on his James Beard Award-winning New Yorker article, Bill Buford gives us a richly evocative chronicle of his experience as “slave” to Mario Batali in the kitchen of Batali’s three-star New York restaurant, Babbo.
In a fast-paced, candid narrative, Buford describes three frenetic years of trials and errors, disappointments and triumphs, as he worked his way up the Babbo ladder from “kitchen bitch” to line cook...his relationship with the larger-than-life Batali, whose story he learns as their friendship grows through (and sometimes despite) kitchen encounters and after-work all-nighters...and his immersion in the arts of butchery in Northern Italy, of preparing game in London, and making handmade pasta at an Italian hillside trattoria.
Heat is a marvelous hybrid: a memoir of Buford’s kitchen adventure, the story of Batali’s amazing rise to culinary (and extra-culinary) fame, a dazzling behind-the-scenes look at a famous restaurant, and an illuminating exploration of why food matters. It is a book to delight in, and to savor.
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Critic reviews
A Globe & Mail Best Book of 2006
A New York Times Notable Book of 2006
Short-listed - James Beard Award
“Sharing Buford’s table talk is a pleasure not to be passed up.” (Michael Redhill, The Globe and Mail)
“A dazzling and funny account of two magnificently mad years.” (The Guardian)
“[Buford] excels at vibrantly colourful descriptive writing. . . . What shines through is the story of Bill Buford falling in love with food, and his passionate journey of learning.” (Vancouver Sun)
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Fantastic - Funny and Informative
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great author great reader
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Would you consider the audio edition of Heat to be better than the print version?
This is a unique story from extended research from the author. It is very educational and entertaining. It'll keep you interested. I read the book and then later listened to the audiobook. The audiobook, as usual, was a much richer experience. Story telling is so much more entertaining.What did you like best about this story?
The adventures in Italy were very interesting and enlightening.Any additional comments?
Highly recommended and certainly worth the time and credit.If you're a foodie - you must read this book.
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Wonderful
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Outstanding
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Excellent Story, a must for cuisine lovers
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I am writing this review for a friend to be able to find and then follow me. Apparently this is the only way to view someone else's Library at the moment...For Riley
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Batali's antics not so amusing
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not as good as Dirt
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Great Book! Awful Awful reading!
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