‘At 3am in Bob's boulangerie, you could peel the yeast off the wall…’
In this extract from Dirt, his memoir of life in Lyon, Bill Buford tells how he got a job at his local baker’s
October 2013
Chefs of the decade
David Chang: the American Diner
Chefs of the decade
Alain Ducasse: the emperor of French cooking
August 2010
OFM 50 best cookbooks
The 50 best cookbooks of all time
The 50 best cookbooks of all time
July 2006
Top five in Manhattan
Bill Buford, the British-born New Yorker, has written a book about his experience as a 'kitchen slave' in a top downtown restaurant. Here, he picks his favourite hang-outs.
April 2002
How New York has gone to the dogs post September 11
Bill Buford goes walkies in Manhattan
December 2001
A city rewriting its own fantastic script
New York stories
October 2001
Fear, storytelling - and the Pepysian pleasure principal
Bill Buford on a lexicon of New York life
July 2001
New York's high society quivers as barbarians breach the gates of privilege
A hissy fit between privileged people who appear to have too much time on their hands, involving a lawsuit, a beautiful park and a grand address, is shining new light on the nature of American high culture.
