Heat An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

Name: 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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ISBN: 9781400034475

ISBN-10: 1400034477

ISBN-13: 9781400034475

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Authors: Bill Buford

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A highly acclaimed writer and editor, Bill Buford left his job at "The" "New Yorker" for a most unlikely destination: the kitchen at Babbo, the revolutionary Italian restaurant created and ruled by superstar chef Mario Batali. Finally realizing a long-held desire to learn first-hand the experience of restaurant cooking, Buford soon finds himself drowning in improperly cubed carrots and scalding pasta water on his quest to learn the tricks of the trade. His love of Italian food then propels him on journeys further afield: to Italy, to discover the secrets of pasta-making and, finally, how to properly slaughter a pig. Throughout, Buford stunningly details the complex aspects of Italian…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

BILL BUFORD is an author and a staff writer for The nbsp; New Yorker, nbsp;as well as the founding editor of Granta , which he edited fornbsp;sixteen years. His books include Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures asnbsp;Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany. nbsp;