Author: Michael Ruhlman
Narrator: Dan Bittner
Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: 06/04/2024
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Sports, Football, Coming Of Age
Michael Ruhlman is the author of award-winning cookbooks and nonfiction narratives. He is the author of chef Thomas Keller’s seminal The French Laundry Cookbook as well as the highly successful series about the training of chefs: The Making of a Chef, The Soul of a Chef, and The Reach of a Chef. He is also the author of The Elements of Cooking and Ratio. Ruhlman has worked at The New York Times and as a food columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has attended the Culinary Institute of America and is the author of eighteen books—about food and cooking, and also such wide ranging subjects as a pediatric heart surgeon and building wooden boats. Michael lives with his wife in New York City and Providence, Rhode Island.
THANKS TO PENGUIN WORKSHOP FOR THIS PHYSICAL ARC IN EXCHANGE FOR A HONEST REVIEW. Theo is heartbroken after a breakup and needs something else to break so decides to go for his leg (sorry). Theo is an athlete and got injured playing. The entire summer is ahead of him and he is stuck to his bed for we......more
Maybe 3.5 but I wouldn’t round up. An easy listen, just more vibes than plot. Aspiring chefs and foodies will enjoy all the yummy cooking talk! I enjoyed the theme of certain people coming into your life for a reason just when you need them and of how when your life plan changes you can pivot and mak......more
4.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 If You Can't Take the Heat is a lightning in the bottle coming of age story from the past paced world of a restaurant kitchen. Meet Theo a sweet, sometimes naive, 16 year old boy mourning the loss of the life he loved and adjusting to a new one he never saw coming. Our story starts at t......more
A wonderful piece of easy fiction from a masterful writer. Michael Ruhlman reminds us how fantastical and addicting cooking can be. He should know. Recipes are articulated completely but without being lists and steps. He turns that feeling into something more akin to a painter weaving a brush across......more
Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Group for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! Michael Ruhlman’s "If You Can't Take the Heat" is a compelling coming-of-age story set against the fast-paced, high-pressure world of a restaurant kitchen. The book introduces you to Theo, a sweet yet naive 16-year-ol......more
"Food writer Ruhlman employs exacting verisimilitude to bring the heat of the kitchen and sensory details of the dishes to life in this vivacious debut."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This human story is the book’s real strength, as is the care given to detailing the operations inside a restaurant kitchen, lending power and authenticity."—Booklist
"A refreshingly different take on the romance genre, written from the male perspective, and a great purchase for all libraries."—School Library Journal
"Ruhlman’s writing is at its best when Theo is in the kitchen. The hustle and passion that flow during service drop readers squarely in the middle of the action . . . The well-realized foodie elements are the highlight."—Kirkus Reviews