{"product_id":"burnt-ends-andrew-calderone-9781771514897","title":"Burnt Ends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Andrew Calderone is a talented writer and this deft, entertaining novel has much to say about Canadian food, identity, and coming of age.\"--Alix Ohlin, author of \u003ci\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike many passionate cooks, Luca Russo learned to love food at his mother's elbow. But Luca's mother is no ordinary cook: she's a talented sous-chef at their renowned Toronto restaurant, and Luca finds himself daydreaming less about the dishes he'll conjure up than about winning a Michelin Star. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Luca's mother finally tires of Canadian frigidness and takes her talents back to her hometown in Sicily, Russo is sure his prospects are obliterated, until a journalist suggests his long-lost father, once a renowned cook in his own right, may be alive and living on the West Coast--not lost, as he once thought, to the fire that destroyed his parents' first restaurant. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout cash or company, Luca sets out to find his father, a quest that brings the young cook face-to-face with drug-running tree-planters, wild bears, treacherous waves, forest fires, mouth-watering recipes, and the harrowing secrets that split his family. \u003ci\u003eBurnt Ends\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a culinary adventure across Canada, following one cook's journey to discover the land he comes from and the land he was raised on, and to understand what that means when he rolls up his sleeves to get cooking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Calderone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771514892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771514897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchwood Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Andrew Calderone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241939251455,"sku":"9781771514897","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e481d7f1-83fd-4e64-91bd-16a36967c5b4.jpg?v=1772656677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burnt-ends-andrew-calderone-9781771514897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}