![]() ![]() Studying at L’Institut Bocuse, cooking at the storied, Michelin-starred La Mère Brazier, enduring the endless hours and exacting rigeur of the kitchen, Buford becomes a man obsessed-with proving himself on the line, proving that he is worthy of the gastronomic secrets he’s learning, and proving that French cooking actually derives from (mon dieu!) the Italian. But when Buford (quickly) realizes that a stage in France is necessary, he-with his wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow-travel to Lyon, the gastronomic capital of France. Baffled by the language, but convinced that he can master the art of French cooking-or at least get to the bottom of why it is so revered-he begins what becomes a five-year odyssey by shadowing the esteemed French chef Michel Richard, in Washington, D.C. In Dirt, Bill Buford turns his inimitable attention to the food of France. Click the button below to buy tickets online through Eventrbrite (fees apply), or call Wellesley Books at 78 to buy tickets by phone (no fees). This is a ticketed event. Your $5 ticket can be used as a coupon off a copy of Dirt bought from Wellesley Books. Bill will be in conversation with Valerie Thayer, creator of The Kitchen Scout culinary blog. ![]() Bill Buford, author of Heat, joins us to celebrate the paperback release of his acclaimed 2020 book, Dirt, a highly obsessive, hilariously self-deprecating account of the world of French haute cuisine. ![]()
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