Bill Buford

Gracious Hostess, Gifted Greek Go Baroque on Upper East Side

The cheerful and relaxed dining room at Dona.
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The cheerful and relaxed dining room at Dona.

This is what’s missing from so many of the restaurants I’ve been to lately: the feminine  read more »

Big Boys in the Kitchen Cooking Up a Gutsy Meal

Thoroughly debauched, almost medieval: Babbo chef Mario Batali.
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Thoroughly debauched, almost medieval: Babbo chef Mario Batali.

“More feminine than masculine” is how the famous chef-proprietor Mario Batali describes  read more »

J-School A-Team Spinning Wheels in Dinner Summit

Lee Bollinger's Columbia Journalism School All-Stars-Anna Quindlen, Ken Auletta & Co.-have been meet  read more »

Top Fiction Editor

Bill Buford, The New Yorker 's fiction editor since 1994, will be leaving his post to become the mag  read more »

Trouble at The Wall Street Journal 's Weekend Section

As journalism jobs go, what could be more fun than writing or editing for the "Weekend Journal"?  read more »

Salon I.P.O. Is Proof of New Adage: Editorial Doesn't Go Public

Salon.com hit the ground–well, it just sort of hit the ground when it went public at last June 22.  read more »