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

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Anyone who is a francophile, a foodie or both needs to read this book. It gives a good feel for the expat experience, for the high-stakes restaurant and culinary school scenes in lyon. His insights into the history of french cuisine is great fun.

Bill buford is an interesting guy, along the lines of bill bryson, if you have read his books. What is most important is his intense concentration--his passion--for the minutia of its origins and its preparation. Bill buford is an excellent writer, pa... Read More

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Quality

He describes his firsthand sensations and observations with the delicious certainty he has cultivated since heat

It’s laugh out loud at times and always his choice of words illustrate what he sees and does with the perfect timing and cadence of

Competitiveness

Buford writes a fabulous memoir of his time in lyon learning to be a chef

Bufords obsession to become a french chef after his italian adventures not in this book

There is so much information on the difficulties in training to be a chef

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This product had a total of 2,457 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 6 2023.