If kept dry, a chocolate with a high cacao content, I've discovered, rarely spoils. Bill Buford cacaochocolatecontent Change image and share on social
Tuscan sausages are smaller than their American cousins, each one demarcated with a string, a graceful loop drawn tightly into a knot - looping and tightening, looping and tightening, a symmetrically floppy, aesthetically appealing rhythm. Bill Buford aestheticallyamericanappeal share on social
Rachael Ray is probably the most watched kitchen personality in the history of American television. Bill Buford americanhistorykitchen Change image and share on social
Gramercy Park is a four-acre square given in perpetuity to the residents surrounding it, 170 years ago, by Samuel Ruggles, a real estate developer of immoderate means. Bill Buford acreagodeveloper Change image and share on social
The 'classic' pig is inspired by northern Italy. It is made up of meat and fat, rosemary and garlic, salt and lots of black pepper. Bill Buford blackclassicfat Change image and share on social
The commonplace about Italian cooking is that it's very simple; in practice, the simplicity needs to be learned, and the best way to learn it is to go to Italy and see it firsthand. Bill Buford commonplacecookfirsthand Change image and share on social
I didn't know why dessert was invented or what function it was meant to perform. Raising livestock and the harvesting of grains are ancient activities, but when did humankind decide it also needed creme brulee? Bill Buford activityancientbrulee share on social
When I was at Babbo, I was covered in scars and scabs and burned bits - melted hair, ribbed burns I got reaching across the top of a hot skillet... I sliced off the tip of my finger. I cleaved my forehead - a deep, ugly wound. Luckily, it regenerated. Bill Buford babbobitburn share on social
Cable made the Food Network possible. It was invented in 1993 by Reese Schoenfeld, a co-founder of CNN, who was convinced that its natural audience was women - millions of them. Bill Buford audiencecablecnn Change image and share on social
Gordon Ramsay grew up in a tourist town, Stratford-Upon-Avon, but in a part tourists don't visit - a council estate: a concrete bunker subsidized by the local government, synonymous with deprivation and blight. Bill Buford avonblightbunker share on social
