tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15418527.post5933613879377280546..comments2022-10-11T22:04:25.776-07:00Comments on Happy Consumptive: I'm Reading: 'Heat,' by Bill BufordAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570916301750275522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15418527.post-17447027835998725462007-01-22T20:03:00.000-08:002007-01-22T20:03:00.000-08:00Heya Gd, thanks for the comment. I've not eaten at...Heya Gd, thanks for the comment. I've not eaten at the Gramercy, though I did enjoy lunch at The Modern not long after they opened. <br /><br />I'd say that Heat addresses what it's like to work in the Babbo kitchen - its notions of hierarchy, the particular town in Mexico where its pasta guys come from, even the specific preparations for some dishes.<br /><br />You get plenty of Batali's perspective. There are even some lengthy chapters on influential chef's he worked with on his way up. <br /><br />One of my favorite scene's involves Marco Pierre White enumerating the many flaws in a dish of grouse that he and the author are eating.<br /><br />But Batali's not a page by page presence in the kitchen. He tends to sit at the bar drinking white wine, to make disruptive appearances with obscure ingredients he finds in China town (chicken tongues), he frets over New York Times reviews, and he manages to fire the author for an evening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06570916301750275522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15418527.post-30654955133235981522007-01-22T00:53:00.000-08:002007-01-22T00:53:00.000-08:00I am curious whether the book addresses what it's ...I am curious whether the book addresses what it's like to work for Batali. I have a friend who worked both at Esca and Gramercy Tavern and often talks about the philosophies of the two New York figures being worlds apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com