We chatted last week about
books we love, and I forgot one of my favorites!
Garlic and Sapphires is an incredibly entertaining memoir about Ruth Reichl's stint as the New York Times food critic. She would dress up in crazy costumes so restaurateurs wouldn't recognize her. Her costumes transformed her into an old lady, an English teacher from Michigan, a blonde divorcee from the South, a red-haired hippie...the list goes on. Her memoir is hilarious and compelling, and also has beautiful insights about food and relationships. Have you ever read it?
Flashback: I had the
book on tape (which Ruth reads herself!)...and actually listened to it on a
DISCMAN!
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Food critic has to be the best job in the world. Imagine getting paid to eat good food.
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Ohh I really want to get this book right now. Thanks! I love foodie books and my favourite so far is 'Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant'. Such a brilliant read:) xoxo
ReplyDeleteI commute 2+ hours a day so I listen to a fair number of audiobooks. The ones read by the authors are always so good: Nora Ephron's "I Remember Nothing" and "I Feel Bad About my Neck" and Mindy Kaling's "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" are some of my favorites (and help take your mind off of traffic). Might have to try this one next.
ReplyDeleteOh, great recommendation! I can't wait to read it. Ah, the Discman. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved that book! Heartwarming and interesting.
ReplyDeleteBought and on its way to me! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love Jeffrey Steingarten's food writing. Purposely pompous and hilarious!
I loved this book! Bought it for the name, and the rep of the author. Ruth is an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteGetting this book today! I love food and I love reading about it. Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteI am super impressed you still have a discman.
there were a ton of good book recommendations in your last post about books, but this one is right up my alley! anything that's food related AND a memoir? yes, please.
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Oh Joanna, this couldn´t come up at a better time! I was raiding through Amazon for my next Kindle download ;) Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this book!
ReplyDeleteThis book is great but the recipes are surprisingly not. Not sure she tested them before publication.
ReplyDeleteI adore this book as well, and was just thinking of it, too, as I have just finished Blood, Bones & Butter. It's unbelievable — written by Gabrielle Hamilton (of Canal House Cooks lunch/Prune/and so many other things) — and kept me up till all hours of the night till I finished it. Such a good read!
ReplyDeleteLove this book! So happy she's a judge on Top Chef Masters this season!
ReplyDeleteI just read this, I think because another blogger recommended it :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I LOVED it! She's a great writer, and I love how she thinks about food.
Really, a discman? That's the greatest!
All of her books are fantastic. I read Tender at the Bone first and just couldn't get enough, so I read them all. They are just as you said, funny, warm, and leave you really wanting to share a meal with her.
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This is one of my all time favorite books! I loved it and have read it multiple times. It always makes me want to travel and eat fabulous food. I always think of it when I am eating sushi as well. Have you seen her on Top Chef Masters? I adore her.
ReplyDeleteHave you read the two books that come before it? Comfort Me with Apples and Tender at the Bone - both AMAZING.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite books of all time! Actually, all of Ruth's books are fantastic. I wish she were my aunt...would love to hang out with her to eat, get advice and listen to more of her stories.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually just starting with Tender At the Bone and I love it even though I'm barely into the first fifty pages! Isn't she just fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the recommendation. I have an obsession with halarious memoirs and have been wondering about a new good one. Some of my favorites are tina fey, mindy Kaling and chelsea handler.
ReplyDeleteGreat recommendation:) Cant wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteI loved that book! Her first memoir, Comfort Me With Apples, is actually my favorite. Such a beautiful writer. I definitely recommend it.
ReplyDeleteCrazy costumes? That's genius!! Sounds like a great read! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI hope you've read her others: Tender at the Bone and Comfort me with Apples. so good. so so good.
ReplyDeletePlease have a look at the The wing and the Thigh, its a french comedy with the famous Luis de Funnes (L'aile ou la cuisse). Its been made in 1976 and still is great.
ReplyDeleteI love Ruth Reichl's writing! I had to read Tender at the Bone in college and was instantly hooked.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading this book about 2 days ago! Loved it, can't wait to read her other ones.
ReplyDeleteOh, it's so funny that you posted this....one of my favorite books is Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess (Gael Greene's memoir). I LOVED that book. I have no idea why but I always had a crush on Clay Felker so I read Gael's book to see what she might say regarding him. I never expected to love the book so much! What an amazing job and it was not surprising to me that a person with an amazing and diverse culinary palette would also love sex so much. I will definitely be checking this book out.
ReplyDeleteI love Ruth Reichl's writing. I've read Garlic and Sapphires as well as Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me With Apples.
ReplyDeleteI loved Tender at the Bone -- about her childhood and early 20s, (personal fave Reichl book) and found Comfort Me With Apples to be such a truthful -- and raw -- telling of times in her life (late 20's to her times at the LA Times) that really require a writer whose writing about her life to be honest -- even about those things you usually don't tell people.
If you haven't read those, I definitely suggest you check them out. They're definitely different than Garlic and Sapphires, but great reads.
What?!! I just finished reading the book yesterday (checked it out from the library)!!! Such a great read! What a coincidence!
ReplyDeleteI bought this as a bargain book years and years ago and I think I read it at least twice. She comes across as really fun dinner companion!
ReplyDeleteI just bought it! Thanks for the suggestion :) I'm starting another semester of graduate school in English Lit so I could use a lighter read. Best, Kristina
ReplyDelete@tall and salty -- totally!! i used to listen to audiobooks all the time on my walk to my old job. i loved Middlesex; the guy who read it was amazing -- he did all the voices of the greek women, too! :)
ReplyDeletelaura, me too. she's a master storyteller.
ReplyDeletelaura, no! i haven't seen her on top chef masters--going to tivo it right now:)
ReplyDeleteoh yes! i read her other books, too, and loved them. she's had such a fascinating life.
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ReplyDeleteLooks great, will add that to my To Read list! One of my greatest passions in life is food/eating so I bet I would love this :)
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Love her! Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me With Apples are both favorites. I especially loved reading about her time at the University of Michigan, where I went as well (although I didn't do much cooking with Cottage Inn, Zingermanns, and Pizza House nearby :))
ReplyDeleteI've read this one and Tender at the bone and comfort me with apples. The latter was my favorite of the three but they are all good. And you should definitely try the brownie recipe in Apples..it's amazing!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun book -- loved it!!
ReplyDeletelove ruth reichl! have you read "tender at the bone"? it's one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteLaughing out loud about the discman... totally forgot about those!
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Everytime I drive over to Berkeley, I think of Ruth Reichl. She often uses the street names as recipe names in, I think it's her second memoir comfort me with apples... anyway.... there is a fantastic recipe. like it will bring tears to your eyes. for Danny Kay's Lemon Pasta. Make it. People will love you. Yum! Thanks for sharing.
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