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White Truffles in Winter: A Novel
White Truffles in Winter A Novel
Author: N. M. Kelby
A breathtaking novel, rare and moving, about the world's greatest chef and his unruly heart.White Truffles in Winter imagines the world of the remarkable French chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), who changed how we eat through his legendary restaurants at the Savoy and the Ritz. A man of contradictions?kind yet imperious, food-obsessed yet rare...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393079999
ISBN-10: 0393079996
Publication Date: 11/7/2011
Pages: 352
Rating:
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2 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 8
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Feel free to take into consideration that this is not a book I would have picked up on my own when reading this review. If you are a "foodie" you may truly enjoy this novel. I am not a gourmet, and high school French was a long time ago. I read it for a book group and would not have finished it if I hadn't known I'd be discussing it.
The writing was good, but I couldn't like any of the characters. The lead is a famous chef described as follows by the Emperor of Germany, "you do not care for country, or women, or God. For some that would make you a heathen. For me, that makes you the perfect man. You are untainted by affection or loyalty or love. I admire that. That sort of distance from the heart allows for greatness." There were small moments of humor, which I appreciated, but I like my stories and heroes and heroines with more heart and less greatness.
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