There is no secret that I like food. I also sometimes like watching food related movies and read food related books. A year ago or so I accidently laid my hands on a book called 'Heat' written by a certain Bill Buford who was recounting his own personal story of having left his dream job at New Yorker magazine to work as a low-level "kitchen slave" in one of New York's most famous restaurants, Babbo. I had never heard of neither Babbo, Bill Buford or the owner of that restaurant Mario Batali. Strange for someone supposedly interested in food you will wonder. But the fact is that French people like me are not necessarily exposed to all the celebrity Chefs form the 'English' world. While in New York, and not having booked Babbo, I settled on Batali's other restaurant, Lupa, and that was an amazing experience. Winter Italian fare. Pasta e Fagioli, Polpetti di Vitello e Ricotta, Tartufino... simple but heavenly!
