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Archive for the ‘Ruth Reichl’ Category

June 30th, 2008

More Reading for Comfort

After reading Comfort Me With Apples: More Adventures at the Table, I can’t help being jealous of Ruth Reichl on many levels. She constructed a career out of eating and writing about it and has tasted her way across France, had secret cooking lessons in China, and has dined at most of the restuarants in […]

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May 29th, 2008

Bones That Are Tender, Meat That Is Spoiled

I recently finished my second Ruth Reichl book—Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table.  However, I think I would rather have read it before devouring Garlic and Sapphires. Tender started off strong with a wonderful story about Ruth’s mom forcing her dad to taste food she knew was spoiled and the engagement party […]

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May 14th, 2008

Wine and Garlic and Sapphires

I realize my last two posts had a little negativity floating through: not liking a wine region, referring back to a bad tasting experience. Well, I’m about to make up for it.  Please, allow me to gush.
When my friend Pam Maners told me about Ruth Reichl’s Garlic and Sapphires months ago, it sounded like a […]

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