Heat
"Heat",an account of apprenticeship to Master Chef, Mario Batali, starts out reporting life in the kitchen at Babbo's, Mario's three star Italian restaurant in New York, and ends tracing down 15th century recipes in Italy. Along the way, Buford profiles Batali and his transformation into "Molto Mario, a television personality,while describing Buford's own experiences working up the ladder from kitchen slave to line cook.
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