What's Cooking

Bill Buford will be on Minnesota Public Radio's "Midmorning" show Monday morning at 10am Central time. You will be able to hear the show or find the archived broadcast on their website.

Buford, a one-time fiction editor a the New Yorker, quit his job to learn the cooking trade under various chefs, starting with Mario Batali. The result is his book Heat: An Amateur's Adventures As Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-quoting Butcher in Tuscany.

The New York Times reviewer loved the book: "These first fast-paced chapters read almost like a thriller... The plot clips along, but I found myself reading slowly because there is so much information on every page."

Buford is also the author of the gripping and scary Amongt he Thugs, his account of his time spent with British soccer hooligans. I recommend that book, too.--David E

UPDATE: Buford must have had a schedule problem, since today's show wasn't anything to do with cooking. If and when MPR reschedules his appearance, I'll let you know.