44 replies to this topic

[Toasted]

Like many, I only knew him from his posts on Egullet. I'll miss him. The best to his family. Melissa

[DaleW]

I am very sad to hear this. I never met him, but conversed with him on the alt.food.wine and nyc.food newsgroups for years (pre-eG). Always a patient and erudite voice.

[hshiau]

This is very sad news. I only knew Bux from his posts and he will be missed. Condolences to his family.

[delights]

A very sad news.
I met him 3 years ago in my shop in paris then we had a dinner with his wife in a restaurant.
Un grand monsieur.
With all my condoleances.

[lamb]

I too never conversed with Bux personally, but enjoyed reading his posts. His stick figure table avatar was recognizable as a frequent poster. RIP and my condolences to his family and many friends.

[Genny]

I would like to add my voice to the chorus of those lamenting Bux's passing. He was such an integral player in the cast playing the eGullet family. I send best wishes to his family and friends. Go with God.

[BuzzDraft]

My condolences and God bless to the Buxbaum family, friends, and loved ones, and also to all who were fortunate enough to know him beyond the pages of eGullet.

I regret I never got to meet Bux, but I have enjoyed his posts over the years as a mostly lurker/sometimes poster, and I managed to engage him a little and exchange some messages with him.

I guess the finest thing that can be said about a person is that he will be missed by many, including many who never even met him, and I hope his inner circle can take some comfort in that during this time of grief. He meant something to us all.

[vmilor]

I have never met Bux in person but heard very good things about him from his friends Pedro and Rogelio, both of whom held Bux at a very high regard not only as a dining companion but as a human being.

I have exchanged emails with him once, in early 2003. He had had a granddaughter and I inquired about his ideas and recommendations regarding how much to cater to children's follies and foibles when it comes to eating (or when children refuse to eat). Our own daughter is now almost 5 years old. At any rate, Bux wrote to me very thorough and well thought out letters, generously sharing his experience and knowledge. He seemed very proud about his daughter who (he told me) is a food book editor and his emphasis on having family dinners where all members "meet" at the table once a day proved in my eyes that he was a responsible and loving father and family man. His premature loss is shocking.

My condolences to all who have met him and esp. to his wife and daughter. It is sad that he won't be around to see and inluence his grandchild but certainly his values will continue to guide those who love him.

[Peter B Wolf]

' Art Buchwald ' said:
" About Death and Dying
The thing that is very important, and why I'm writing this, is that whether they like it or not, everyone is going to go.
The big question we still have to ask is not where we're going, but what were we doing here in the first place? "

We at eGullet all know what Bux was doing !
projecting Love in every sentence ever written !

I had the pleasure to exchange emails with him.
Most of my writing to him were questions.
Bux always had an answer. I looked up to him.

GOD bless him

[sapient]

Very sad.


RIP Bux

[bergerka]

This is terribly sad news and I'm so sorry to hear it. I met Bux in person twice - he was charming, articulate, delightful company and a pleasure to be around. I always enjoyed his posts and looked forward to reading any thread in which he participated.

My thoughts are with his wife and family.

K

[BeefCheeks]

I never met Bux, but I had the pleasure of working side by side with his daughter for a year--Everything I heard about him -- his love for his family, the joy he took in the culinary world and in the mentoring of others -- jumps to life in these posts. My sincerest condolences to the entire Buxbaum and Allanic family. God bless.

[dfunghi]

I am certain the loss of a man like Bux is felt far and wide and well beyond here or the food and wine world. His articulate, timely and informative replies to seemingly any question were, are and will remain some of EG's best. I first "met" Bux when I was researching a trip to Spain years ago. His guidance was beyond measure. I have since seen him on many other boards. Although I have not posted often in my four years or so here I do lurk and have found the EG community to be one of the best on the web. Of that community Bux is a pillar. EG is what it is and attracts the kinds of people it does due to the foundations laid by people like Bux and by Bux himself. He will be missed.

To Robert's family I offer my deepest heart felt sympathies and prayers. Your loss, no matter how many share in it, is still your own. I hope you can find some comfort and relief in seeing how well Robert was liked (loved even) by so many here who never had the pleasure of a face to face meeting as well as those that did. People from all over the globe have been impacted in a positive way simply by having had the good fortune to read his thoughts on here.


David

[Judith Gebhart]

I have a special place for Bux in my heart. As a new member of eGullet now over 4 years ago, Bux assisted me in navigating my way through the forum. He was a fellow traveller who supported and encouraged me to report to the forum my various culinary ventures with great honesty. He was informed and reliable in this forum. He was a special person without great ego but with great culinary wisdom. I will miss him for many reasons. I am most aware that this forum needs both older and hopefully wiser contributors; Bux was both older and wiser. I will miss him dearly. Judith Gebhart

[ludja]

Bux's posts are a good example of the material that really drew me into eGullet forum discussions. His posts were informed, intelligent, opinioned, passionate and generous. I already miss the loss of his voice on the forums. My condolences to his friends and family members during this difficult time.