{"product_id":"if-you-cant-take-the-heat","title":"If You Can't Take the Heat","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom James Beard Award–winning author Michael Ruhlman, a coming-of-age story about finding a new life and love in the kitchen…and trying not to get burned along the way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen high school football star Theo Claverback breaks his leg just weeks after a devastating break-up, he’s forced to call an audible on his summer plans and put his college ones on hold. He soon finds himself in the most unlikely of places for a jock on crutches: the kitchen of an upscale French restaurant, where he’ll work as a prep cook while his heart and leg heal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it’s in the kitchen where Theo finds new purpose and a new romance. As he becomes a trusted employee to Chef and is welcomed into his inner circle, Theo begins to discover the true costs of running a restaurant—and what happens when you get into hot water with the wrong people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1980, \u003ci\u003eIf You Can't Take the Heat\u003c\/i\u003e is a gritty look inside the belly of an upscale kitchen where love and danger boil behind closed doors.","brand":"BookDepot","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43731614793789,"sku":"9780593523445","price":4.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/8224243482399.jpg?v=1790599103","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/if-you-cant-take-the-heat","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}