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Bill Buford
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Journalist Bill Buford heads to Lyon to understand the allure of French cuisine. With his signature humor and sense of adventure he describes his obsession 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 Italian cooking.


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