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Ruth Reichl
Ruth Reichl is an American food writer, the editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and culinary editor for the Modern Library. Born to parents Ernst and Miriam (née Brudno), she was raised in New York City and spent time at a boarding school in Montreal. She attended the University of Michigan,... show more
Ruth Reichl is an American food writer, the editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and culinary editor for the Modern Library.
Born to parents Ernst and Miriam (née Brudno), she was raised in New York City and spent time at a boarding school in Montreal. She attended the University of Michigan, where she met her first husband, the artist Douglas Hollis. She graduated in 1970 with a M.A. in art history.
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Birth date: January 16, 1948
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EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it 9 years ago
At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were." Her deliciously crafted memoir,Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by ...
Silver's Reviews
Silver's Reviews rated it 11 years ago
Recipes, libraries, letters, books, food, authentic Italian butcher and cheese shops, aromas you can smell through the pages, and marvelous characters. What more can a reader ask for?DELICIOUS is a reader's and a cook's paradise. DELICIOUS is one wonderful page of words after another. The magic neve...
Memories From Books on Booklikes
Memories From Books on Booklikes rated it 11 years ago
Delicious! is the first fiction attempt by longtime food writer Ruth Reichl. It is the story of Billie who is looking to make her way in New York City and who finds herself traveling the history of World War II on the home front through a young girl's letters. If you are a foodie looking for a light...
Steeped in Science, Submersed in Story
I'm not a foodie and I'm not a New Yorker and I'd never heard of Reichl before, which basically makes this book completely foreign territory for me. I listened to it while taking my Christmas road trip across the snowy midwest, munching on twizzlers as I went -- fine french cuisine? Not exactly. ...
Austen to Zafón
Austen to Zafón rated it 11 years ago
I liked her first memoir, but this one is a kiss-and-tell, more more accurately, a screw-over-and-tell story of her disintegrating marriage and all the things wrong with her spouse. We all make mistakes, we all do things we're not proud of, but this particular airing of her and her ex's dirty laundr...
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