Dirt: Adventures in French Cooking

Bill Buford 지음

Random House 2020년 10월 01일 출간

작품소개

책소개

？？A chomping, romping, savoury tour de force: by turns hilarious, and seriously thought provoking？？ Simon SchamaFor most of his adult life, Bill Buford had secretly wanted to find himself in France, in a French kitchen, having mastered the art of French haute cuisine. And where better than Lyon, the most Frenchly authentic of cities and the historic gastronomic capital of the world? There were a few obstacles: he didn？？t speak a word of French, he had no formal training, he didn？？t know a soul in Lyon, and his wife and two twin toddlers currently lived in New York City. So begins Bill Buford？？s vivid, hilarious, intimate account of his five-year odyssey in French cuisine. After realising that a stage in France was the necessary first step, he moves with his young family to Lyon. Studying at L？？Institut Bocuse, cooking at the storied, Michelin-starred La M챔re 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 is learning, proving that French cooking actually derives from (mon dieu!) the Italian. As he befriends the local baker, attends a pig slaughter, and gradually earns the acceptance of the locals and his fellow chefs, Buford comes to understand the true grit, precision and passion of the French kitchen. Warm, insightful and richly entertaining, Dirt is a feast of a book, which is sure to become a classic of food writing on France.

출판사 서평

This book may well be an even greater pleasure than its predecessor. Moving himself, his wife and their two young boys to Lyon, Buford sets out, with characteristically self-deprecating humor, not merely to learn the techniques of French cuisine, but to understand its essence . . . Most enjoyable are the apprenticeships in which he sets out to master the five mother sauces, bake the perfect baguette and construct the same misleadingly named 'duck pie' . . . Delightful, highly idiosyncratic.

인물정보

저자(글) Bill Buford

세련된 문장과 분위기 있는 사진으로 뉴욕 문화를 감각적으로 소개하는 잡지 '뉴요커'에서 8년 동안 문학 담당 기자로 일하면서 수많은 작가를 발굴한 바 있는 저자는 '그랜타'의 창간위원과 그랜타북스의 발행인을 지낸 후 현재 저널리스트로 활동하고 있다.<BR>남자는 물리적 고통을 견디고 나서야 자신을 알게 된다는 식의 헤밍웨이적 전통을 미국 문학계에 다시금 선보인 그는 '앗뜨거워'를 통해 베테랑 식도락가와 이탈리아 요리 애호가도 놀랄 만큼 훌륭한 보석들을 제공했고, 군중의 폭력과 영국 축구광들의 난동을 다룬 논픽션 '훌리건들 속에서'로 평단과 독자들의 호평을 받은 바 있다.