From the author of the widely acclaimed Heat, an exhilarating account of Bill Buford’s adventures in the world of French cooking.

In 2015 Warrington was named by the Royal Society of Arts as the ‘least culturally alive town in England’. But was this a fair evaluation? In his new book, Bill…

A biography of the entrepreneur who, working from the spare bedroom of his Bloomington, Indiana, apartment in 1963 with a $1,500 investment, began to construct the wire guides, needles, and…

For this new edition, Neal has added 25 recipes for the dishes most frequently requested by his readers–spoonbread, Brunswick Stew, gumbo, peanut soup, crab cakes, and fried chicken–as well as…

The author was asked by the New Yorker to write a profile of Mario Batali who runs one of New York’s most successful three-star restaurants. Buford accepted the commission, on…

For serious competitors and backyard enthusiasts, Competition BBQ Secrets by Bill Anderson is a winning combination of expertly honed skills and hometown flare. Whether it’s chicken, ribs, butts or brisket…

Expanding on his August 2002 New Yorker article, Buford now offers a richly evocative chronicle of his experience as slave to Mario Batali in the small, chaotic, highest-standards kitchen of…

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