American author, editor and journalist (born 1954)
Not to be confused with Bill Bruford.
Bill Buford
Born
1954 (age 69–70) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Occupation
Author, journalist
Nationality
American
Alma mater
University of California, Berkeley King's College, Cambridge
Literary movement
Dirty realism
Notable works
Among the Thugs; Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany; Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
Bill Buford (born 1954) is an American author and journalist. Buford is the author of the books Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany.
He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and raised in Southern California, attending the University of California, Berkeley from 1973 to 1977, before moving to King's College, Cambridge, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar until 1979. He remained in England for most of the 1980s.
Buford was previously the fiction editor for The New Yorker, where he is still on staff. For sixteen years, he was the editor of Granta, which he relaunched in 1979.
Buford is credited with coining the term "dirty realism".
BillBuford (born 1954) is an American author and journalist. Buford is the author of the books Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen...
work of journalism by American writer BillBuford documenting football hooliganism in the United Kingdom. Buford, who lived in the UK at the time, became...
Dirty realism is a term coined by BillBuford of Granta magazine to define a North American literary movement. Writers in this sub-category of realism...
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two years, depending on the size of the ham. A writer on Italian food, BillBuford, describes talking to an old Italian butcher who says: When I was young...
sourced foods." Batali was the subject of a 2007 book titled Heat by BillBuford which detailed his philosophy to various aspects of social activism,...
"Marco: Man and Boy". The Observer. London, UK. Retrieved 29 March 2022. BillBuford (2006). Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker...
postgraduates, including writer and producer Jonathan Levi, journalist BillBuford, and Peter de Bolla (now Professor of Cultural History and Aesthetics...
Global Perspective. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1133715115. Described in BillBuford, Dirt—Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking...
live phone-in queries, the basis of her show," wrote The New Yorker's BillBuford. "Cooking Live" was nominated as the James Beard Awards' Best National...
Archived 14 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 12-23-2017. Buford, Bill. (2011). "Why Lyon is the Food Capital of the World". The Guardian, 13...
attention off the Snowman. During their run, they are pursued by Sheriff Buford T. Justice, of Portague County, Texas. Smokey and the Bandit was a box office...
gastronomic capital of the world", a claim repeated by later writers such as BillBuford. Renowned 3-star Michelin chefs such as Marie Bourgeois and Eugénie Brazier...
ISBN 978-161795-276-0) about Buford's 23-year relationship with Drucker. Believing non-profit organizations change lives, they worked with Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, and...
University University of Oxford 1977 former London Bureau chief of TIME BillBuford University of California, Berkeley University of Cambridge 1977 founding...
after then-Fiction Editor BillBuford transitioned to other staff work and writing projects of his own. She was hired by Buford and served as his Deputy...
involving adultery and shallow-masquerading-as-deep." Author and journalist BillBuford calls it "middle class monologue". A novel in this genre takes place...
Damon Jackson Buford (born June 12, 1970) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets...
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