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

作者 Bill Buford著
出版社 Vintage
出版时间 2007年6月
ISBN 9781400034475
定价 119.50

内容简介

Ahighlyacclaimedwriterandeditor,BillBufordlefthisjobatTheNewYorkerforamostunlikelydestination:thekitchenatBabbo,therevolutionaryItalianrestaurantcreatedandruledbysuperstarchefMarioBatali.Finallyrealizingalong-helddesiretolearnfirst-handtheexperienceofrestaurantcooking,Bufordsoonfindshimselfdrowninginimproperlycubedcarrotsandscaldingpastawateronhisquesttolearnthetricksofthetrade.HisloveofItalianfoodthenpropelshimonjourneysfurtherafield:toItaly,todiscoverthesecretsofpasta-makingand,finally,howtoproperlyslaughterapig.Throughout,BufordstunninglydetailsthecomplexaspectsofItaliancookinganditslonghistory,creatinganengrossingandvisceralnarrativestuffedwithinsightandhumor.

作者简介

BillBufordisaStaffWriterandEuropeanCorrespondentforTheNewYorker.HewastheFictionEditorofthemagazineforeightyears,fromApril1995toDecember2002.BeforethatheeditedGrantamagazineforsixteenyearsand,in1989,becamethepublisherofGrantaBooks.Hehaseditedthreeanthologies:TheBestofGrantaTravel,TheBestofGrantaReportage,andTheGrantaBookoftheFamily.BillisalsotheauthorofAmongtheThugs(Norton,1992),ahighlypersonalnonfictionaccountofcrowdviolenceandBritishsoccerhooliganism.ForTheNewYorker,hehaswrittenaboutsweatshops,thesinger-songwriterLucindaWilliams,andchefMarioBatali.BorninBatonRouge,Louisiana,in1954,BillBufordgrewupinCaliforniaandwaseducatedattheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeleyandatKingsCollege,Cambridge,wherehewasawardedaMarshallScholarshipforhisworkonShakespeare'splaysandsonnets.HelivesinNewYorkCitywithhiswife,JessicaGreen,andtheirtwosons.