其所主持的美食冒險節目〈波登不設限〉拜訪許多國家和城市,當地導遊帶著波登體驗在地美食和文化,真實呈現各地的風俗民情。在貝魯特的拍攝過程中,正好遇上以色列和黎巴嫩爆發衝突,所有人員在千鈞一髮之際緊急撤離,該段節目在2006年8月21日首播,並於2007年7月18日入圍象徵美國電視節目最高榮譽的艾美獎(Emmy Awards),該節目並獲2009年創意藝術艾美獎(Creative Arts Emmy Award)最佳非劇情節目攝影獎。
A Note from the Chef
Food is good
* 直到小学四年级以后,我才第一次发现原来食物绝不是在饥饿时让人们填饱肚子的东西--就像在加油站加油那样。
* 这碗汤是冷的。(Vichyssoise)
* 即使到了今天,当这道菜已经成为菜单上最常见的名字,而且我自己也亲手做过几千遍之后,这个名字对我来说,还是那么有吸引力。我至今还记得那次经历的每一个细节:侍者怎样用长柄汤勺从银质的汤罐里把汤舀到我的碗里;他用勺子把切碎的细香葱倒在汤里作为装饰时发出的悦耳的声音;韭菜和西红柿的香浓的味道;以及当我发现这种汤竟然是冷得时候的那种喜悦。(附上原版,和中文完全不同的细腻味道)
"Vichyssoise" came the reply, a word that to this day--even though it's now a tired old warhorse of a menu selection and one I've prepared thousands of times--still has magical ring to it. I remember everything about the experience: the way our waiter ladled it from a silver tureen into my bowl; the crunch of tiny chopped chives he spooned on as garnish; the rich, creamy taste of leek and potato; the pleasure shock, the surprise that is was cold. (查看原文)
And in that unforgettably sweet moment in my personal history, that one moment still more alive for me than so many of the other 'firsts' which followed - first pussy, first joint, first day in high school, first pubulished book, or any other thing - I attained glory. Monsieur Saint-Jour beckoned me over to the gunwale, where he leaned over, reahced down until his head nearly disappeared underwater, and emerged holding a single silt-encrusted oyster, huge and irregularly shaped, in his rough, clawlike fist. With a snubby, rustcoverd oyster knife, he popped the thing open and handed it to me, everyone watching now, my little brother shrinking away from this glistening, vaguely sexual-looking object, still dripping and nearly alive.
I took it in my hand, tilted the shell back into my mouth ... (查看原文)
Goodreads写了个评论,就不翻译了照搬到这儿吧:I didn’t realize why a chef’s mémoire needed to have an unabridged version until I actually read it, or heard it rather, narrated by himself. A reader could, in certain chapters, feel his love for food, real, ...
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0 有用 庞老湿独断专横 2018-06-10 05:17:30
R.I.P
0 有用 规则优先于自己 2015-06-14 10:34:18
真心投入一件事能让一个人魅力四射,钦佩作者的这种状态。PS:台湾商务印书馆也有不少校对上的错误啊。
1 有用 cain 2017-08-29 22:43:03
超好玩的人,部分文绉绉不知来自原文还是译者。
3 有用 笑う猫 2018-06-08 21:50:45
今天自杀了
0 有用 都灵之马 2018-06-16 23:38:57
职业精神