On restaurants, cooking and French cuisine. In conversation with Tracey MacLeod.
This is an online event hosted on the British Library platform. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time.
Writers Bill Buford and Jonathan Meades talk to broadcaster and restaurant critic Tracey MacLeod about their shared passion for food, honed through residence in France
A few years ago, following a lifelong urge, but without any formal training as a chef or a word of French, Bill Buford moved his young family to the city of Lyon, the historic gastronomic capital of the world. Studying at L Institut Bocuse, cooking at the storied, Michelin-starred La Mère Brazier, enduring the endless hours and exacting rigeur of the kitchen, he gradually earned the acceptance of the locals and his fellow chefs, and came to understand the true grit, precision and passion of the French kitchen. His acclaimed recent book