Possible Clues:

• In heat, buns cooked naturally become brown
• Bask to bronze
• Expose one's body in order to get a tan
• Lie in wait outdoors for the star to bash tune out?
• Cook hates bun? That's an outright lie presumably when the heat is on!
• Fresh buns -- adjust heat to brown?
• Lie out to tan
• Go for the bronze?
• Lie on the beach on a nice day
• Junior editor with articles about new attempt to enjoy summer weather?