Characters from Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-quoting Butcher in T

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Bill Buford - This person wrote for the "New Yorker", was founding editor of "Granta Magazine" and publisher of Granta books.

Mario Batali - This person became a chef in the 1980's after working in a pizzeria and worked under one of the most well respected chefs in Europe, later becoming well known in New York.

Marco Pierre White - This person began a career by touring restaurants and cooked French foods that no one had served, largely reliant on reduced sauces.

Dario Cecchini - This person became a famous butcher in Tuscany...
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