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The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip through the Great Cooking Schools of Europe | 
 enlarge | Author: Bob Spitz
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 308191
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0393060594
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.013
EAN: 9780393060591
ASIN: 0393060594
Publication Date: May 12, 2008
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Product Description
The education of a barbarian in the temples of haute cuisine.
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.
Spitz hit the fabled cooking-school circuit in a series of idyllic European villages, and The Saucier's Apprentice 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—and lifelong kitchen amateur—into a world-class cook. 30 illustrations.
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 The Saucier's Apprentice August 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I disagree with the reviews of this book that are negative. I think it is an excellent account of a 50 year old mans search for self. The writing is exceptional, the recipes are written for the novice cook (like myself),and I enjoyed it so much I did not want it to end. I guess the negative reviewers have never suffered a "mid life crisis", otherwise they would see the value in this book. My only complaint is my own, I don't speak any French, so I needed to keep looking words up; and I have never been overseas.So as far as I am concerned his accounts are true for me.
Give this book a chance. You won't regret it.
 I choked my way through it August 4, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bob Spitz rambling account left me thinking that his time would have been better spent on an analyst's couch rather than at cooking schools. The author's narcissism is left unchecked and, therefore, he rarely accepts responsibility for his situation or poor attitude. I would gladly return the book and send the money directly to him for his therapy fund.
SPITZER DOES EUROPE August 2, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
SITTING ON A DESERTED BEACH IN HAWAII I WAS A TAD RELUCTANT TO
DIVE INTO THE SAUCIERS APPRENTICE - 45 MINUTES LATER I KEPT
THINKING OF THE FAMOUS LINE FROM AMADEUS -"TOO MANY NOTES"
THE SPITZERS STYLE OF WRITING IS RATHER LIKE HIS STYLE IN COOKING,
THERE ARE MANY INGREDIENTS WASHED DOWN WITH MANY DRINKS.
HOWEVER I PERSEVERED AND BY THE END OF CHAPTER TWO I WAS
LOCKED INTO THIS BOOK - I THINK HE DID VERY WELL CONSIDERING
THE EURO CULINARY DISDAIN FOR ANYTHING AMERICAN - HE GAVE
AS GOOD AS HE GOT AND THEN SOME,GOOD ON YOU BOB.
SADLY WHAT A LOT OF READERS WILL NOT FIND IN THE SAUCIERS
APPRENTICE IS ACTUAL COOKING TECHNIQUES THAT ARE IN MANY
WAYS INVALUABLE TO US RESIDENTIAL WANNA BE COOKS.
I FIND THIS IN MANY OTHER FOOD NOVELS AND STANGELY COOK
BOOKS, TECHNIQUE NEVER SEEMS TO ENTER THE EQUATION ,IT IS
BECAUSE OF THIS I GIVE THE SPITZER A SIX AND REMINDER FOR HIS
FOLLOW UP - SPITZER EATS ASIA.
THERES WAS ONE EXCEPTION THE OMELET EPISODE FROM YANNICK
ALLENO AT THE MEURICE - NOW THATS TECHNIQUE MON POT.
ON RETURNING TO CALIFORNIA I THOUGHT IT RIGHT TO TRY A
COUPLE OF THE APRENTICES DISHES - MY FAVORITES SO FAR
APART FROM LES OMELET HAVE BEEN THE "FOIE GRAS AU TORCHON,
THE SOUFLE DE POMME DE TERRE AND NOT TO BE MISSED THE
OUTRAGEOUS TUSCAN MEAT SAUCE.
ALL OF THESE RECIPES TAKE TIME - BUT ARE WORTH EVERY MINUTE.
THE SAUCIERS APPRENTICE - EAT IT OR HEAVE IT - DEFINITELY EAT
IT - A BIG HAWAII SIX O . YES THIS A GREAT VACATION READ!
Very Disappointing July 7, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Knowing one of the people he cited, as well as her wonderful place, I found several instances of misinformation. We spent 2 weeks there - he spent 3 days. One wonders about the remainder of the book. Food/travel books are my favorite reads, and I have an extensive library to prove it. This one is not a keeper.
 Should be titled "A complainer's Apprentice" July 4, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased this book after reading some of the reviews here. After reading the book I was disapointed. The book has some good receipts and he travels to some great places. But his overall tone is depressing. He complains through out the book and makes a few off color remarks (in regards to Jews).
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