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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Bill Buford’s funny and engaging book Heat offers readers a rare glimpse behind the scenes in Mario Batali’s kitchen. Who better to review the book for Amazon.com, than Anthony Bourdain, the man who first introduced readers to the wide array of lusty and colorful characters in the restaurant business? We asked Anthony Bourdain to read Heat and give us his take. We loved it. So did he. Check out his review below. –Daphne Durham Guest Reviewer: Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain is host of the Discovery Channel’s No Reservations, executive chef at Les Halles in Manhattan, and author of the bestselling and groundbreaking Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook, A Cook’s Tour, Bone in the Throat, and many others. His latest book, The Nasty Bits will be released on May 16, 2006.
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I was so disappointed with the language in this book. I had heard about it on the NPR “Splendid Table” show and looked forward to reading it. What a waste of good money. I can’t get past the first 30 pages because of the filthy language. I was insulted to have squandered money on filth. If Mario Batali can’t open his mouth with every other word beginning with “f”, I certainly wouldn’t want to eat his food as it must be as filthy as his language. Wish I could get a refund.
The pages of this book were cut randomly so the item is a second. Although new it obviously looks cheap.
After reading all the great reviews of this book, I decided to buy it and was highly disappointed. It was not funny at all and I couldn’t get over the amount of bad language that was in it. It’s a book that could have had potential, but lost it and my interest after the first chapter.
The book is boring, and what is worst, the author is always making racist comments. Very disappointing.Don’t bother reading this book.
Save yourselves (and your money)! This is one of the most boring books I’ve ever come across. It should be retitled Ode to Mario Batali since that is the only thing the author can write about, wasting line upon line listing stupid quotes from Mario. This book makes watching grass exciting.