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Dirt: Adventures, with Family, in the Kitchens of Lyon, Looking for the Origins of French Cooking

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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 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 L'Institut Bocuse, cooking at the storied, Michelin-starred La 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 the Italian.

Language: English

Pages: 448

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

Release: May 05, 2020

ISBN: 0307271013

ISBN 13: 9780307271013

Dirt: Adventures, with Family, in the Kitchens of Lyon, Looking for the Origins of French Cooking

3.4/5 ( ratings)

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 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 L'Institut Bocuse, cooking at the storied, Michelin-starred La 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 the Italian.

Language: English

Pages: 448

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

Release: May 05, 2020

ISBN: 0307271013

ISBN 13: 9780307271013

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