Bill Buford
Born: 01-01-1954
Bill Buford is an acclaimed American author and journalist, best known for his explorations of food and culture. Formerly the fiction editor at The New Yorker and editor of Granta magazine, Buford has penned notable works such as "Heat" and "Dirt," which delve into the culinary world with immersive storytelling. His writing combines a love for food with keen observations, offering readers an engaging and insightful look into his subjects.
Book summaries for books written by Bill Buford
Quotes
I have seen the future. It is murder.
You could die in a football crowd. You could die on a train.
The truth is that to be in a crowd in which there is serious danger is to feel a kind of exhilaration, a thrill that approaches joy.
In the end, the most striking thing about the events of that day was that it was so much fun.
There was a pleasure in their violence, a sense of freedom.
The football crowd is the most spontaneous, the most genuine, the most complete moment of your life.
The crowd was in a frenzy. It was like a drug.
There is nothing like a football crowd. It is larger than life.
It was exhilarating. It was a kind of madness.
I felt like I was in a war zone.
In a crowd, there is a sense of belonging that is deeply comforting.
The crowd was like a living creature.