false 2388795 2 <B>The education of a barbarian in the temples of <I>haute cuisine</I>.</B><BR><BR>In the blink of an eye, Bob Spitz turned fifty, finished an eight-year book project and a fourteen-year marriage that left him nearly destitute, had his heart stolen and broken on the rebound, and sought salvation the only way he knew how. He fled to Europe, where he hopscotched among the finest cooking schools in pursuit of his dream. The urge to cook like a virtuoso, to unravel the mysteries of the process, had become an obsession.<BR><BR>Spitz hit the fabled cooking-school circuit in a series of idyllic European villages, and <I>The Saucier's Apprentice</I> is a chronicle of his exploits. Combining an outrageous travelogue with gastronomic lore, hands-on cooking instruction, hot-tempered chefs, local personalities, and a batch of memorable recipes, Spitz's odyssey recounts the transformation of a professional writer&#151;and lifelong kitchen amateur&#151;into a world-class cook. 30 illustrations. 2395807 12 5 2008 The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip through the Great Cooking Schools of Europe total:65|5:7|4:15|3:19|2:16|1:8| 65 192 120 27 1 0 false false Thu Oct 01 10:29:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 10:29:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 21 21:12:19 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 21:16:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 24 09:14:20 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 11:19:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 09:32:57 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:22:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:42:40 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 16:06:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 08:03:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 05:19:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 10:33:37 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 10:36:15 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 09:42:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 13:13:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 12:20:31 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 13:47:12 -0800 2009 get over it, move on). So I ended up skimming the middle section and jumping to the end. ]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 06 20:20:21 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 20:20:31 -0700 2009 http://web.mac.com/garyshapiro]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 11:43:51 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 06:48:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 11:11:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 10:22:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 09:25:32 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 09:33:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 13:42:13 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 20:21:07 -0700 2008 Kitchen Confidential, it's great) or if you just love to cook and eat great food, you'll enjoy this book. More than just the author's tour through France and Italy's tourism cooking schools, he's got a great, warm, personal way of writing.more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 04 15:28:39 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 15:31:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 14 08:52:40 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 07:38:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 27 08:49:09 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 08:52:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 17 07:54:47 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 07:57:15 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 09:20:31 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 10:27:41 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 29 06:33:24 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 06:35:29 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2388795