Dirt : : Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Cooking / Essays & Narratives / Buford, Bill, 641.5092 Bu
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Cooking / Essays & Narratives / Buford, Bill	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Cooking / Essays & Narratives / Buford, Bill	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	641.5092 Bu	4-week checkout	Due 05-08-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Cooking / Essays & Narratives / Buford, Bill	4-week checkout	Due 05-24-2024

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"
I. No French -- II. Lyon with twin toddlers -- III. Instruction by Paul Bocuse -- IV. In a historic kitchen -- V. Stagiaire -- VI. Dinner -- VII. Italy (Obviously) -- VIII. France (Finally) -- IX. The gastronomic capital of the world -- X. the greatest adventure in the lives of our family -- Epilogue: Just about everybody dies.
"Bill Buford turns his inimitable attention from Italian cuisine to the food of France. Baffled by the language, but convinced that he can master the art of French cooking - or at least get to the bottom of why it is so revered - he begins what becomes a five-year odyssey by shadowing the esteemed French chef, Michel Richard, in Washington, D.C. But when Buford (quickly) realizes that a stage in France is necessary, he goes--this time with his wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow--to Lyon, the gastronomic capital of France. Studying at Institut Bocuse, cooking at the storied, Michelin-starred Mère Brazier, enduring the endless hours and exacting "rigeur" of the kitchen, Buford becomes a man obsessed with proving himself on the line, proving that he is worthy of the gastronomic secrets he's learning, proving that French cooking actually derives from (mon dieu!) the Italian. With his signature humor, sense of adventure, and masterful ability to immerse himself, and us, in his surroundings, Bill Buford has written what is sure to be the food-lover's book of the year"-- Provided by publisher.

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