As much as I love to eat, I don’t really go for TV shows or
books about food and cooking. It just
isn’t interesting to me when I don’t get to eat what they are talking about. So I was not really eager to read this one,
but I heard it was funny and that gave me enough of an excuse to try it out.
Spitz was going through a rough time—recovering from a long
writing project, a divorce, and his first rebound relationship—and decided to
go on a trip to Europe to learn how to really cook. After considering his options, he settles on
studying in France and Italy and books lessons with various chefs all over
these countries. He intersperses his
stories of his adventures with the recipes that he liked the most. If I were a more adventurous cook, I would
try them out.
Overall, it is pretty funny even though Spitz is an
ass. He even admits as much on a few
occasions. But the stories were
interesting—he definitely had a wide range of experiences. Some chefs just pushed him off to the side,
treated him like he was incompetent, or were terrible cooks themselves. Other chefs treated him like family and
really made him connect with the food.
He really had an incredible experience that I’m not sure he appreciated
until he was putting this book together.
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