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

Maybe someday

33

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

13/100

Critics

52/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Bill Buford

Publisher:

Knopf

Date:

May 5, 2020

An account of the author's adventures in the world of French haute cuisine, for anyone whose ever found joy in cooking and eating food with their family--from the author of the best-selling Heat.

What The Reviewers Say

Lisa Abend,
The New York Times Book Review
... may well be an even greater pleasure than its predecessor.
Moira Hodgson,
The Wall Street Journal
You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France.
Dwight Garner,
The New York Times
This is a more sober book than Heat. It’s as if Johnny Cash followed up 'Get Rhythm,' as a jukebox single, with 'Hurt.'.
Ryu Spaeth,
The New Republic
Like all sequels, Dirt struggles with the successful formula of its predecessor.