Photo: #Born in Baton Rouge, La., in 1954, Bill Buford grew up in California and was educated at the University of California at Berkeley and at Kings College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Marshall Scholarship for his work on Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.
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Born in Baton Rouge, La., in 1954, Bill Buford grew up in California and was educated at the University of California at Berkeley and at Kings College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Marshall Scholarship for his work on Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. (Random House Books)

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The heat of the kitchen

Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/27/2007, 10:06 a.m.
Broadcast: Midmorning, 11/02/2007, 10:06 a.m.

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New Yorker magazine writer Bill Buford began writing a profile of star chef Mario Batali. He ended up working in Batali's restaurant, stirring up enough material for a book.

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