“ Dear Mr. Beard,On the radio last spring, President Roosevelt said that each and every one of us here on the home front has a battle to fight; We must keep our spirits up. I am doing my best, but in my… Ruth Reichl
“ I know you're a chocolate lover. I can always tell. I'm about to temper the chocolate. I have my own method; want to watch?Could I? Inside my head, a little voice was reminding me that I had to get ba… Ruth Reichl
“ She designed the cakes and I worked out the recipes. The first year we each created a signature cake. Genie's was called the Goddess: really tall, all white on the outside, wrapped in mountains of coc… Ruth Reichl
“ He showed me how each wheel was stamped with the month and year, and then he cracked the first one open to reveal its pale cream-colored interior. He chipped off a hefty shard and handed it to me. I t… Ruth Reichl
“ Hermione was back, holding out a gossamer dress of rainbow chiffon so airy I thought of fireflies on a moonlight night. Ruth Reichl
“ The meal began with pickled squid, oyster shooters, marinated anchovies, and scungilli salad. Then Rosalie set an enormous bowl of pasta con le vongole in front of Sal, who ladled it out, talking the… Ruth Reichl
“ I wish you could have seen the kitchen when I was done: It looked like a hurricane had blown right in the door! But I cleaned it all up, and when Mother came home the whole house smelled warm and spic… Ruth Reichl
“ Tommy and I put on a radio play to entertain everyone while they unpacked their cookies. It was about a girl who saves up money for a prom dress, but at the last minute she says, It's only clothes, an… Ruth Reichl
“ My yogurt was nestled into a bag, waiting to turn into aushak, and all around us were sausages and pastry, lollipops and spices, chicken and cheese. Any world that contained all this, I thought survey… Ruth Reichl
“ I've named my cookies Snowballs, but not because that's what they look like. It's the way they make you feel. You know how it is when a snowball is flying toward you on an icy-cold night? The stars ar… Ruth Reichl
“ If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food. Ruth Reichl
“ Every restaurant is a theater, and the truly great ones allow us to indulge in the fantasy that we are rich and powerful. When restaurants hold up their end of the bargain, they give us the illusion o… Ruth Reichl
“ Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner Ruth Reichl
“ Even the most avid technocrat must occasionally escape from virtual space, and what better place to do it than the kitchen, with all its dangerous knives and delicious aromas? Ruth Reichl
“ My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone. Ruth Reichl
“ My idea of good living is not about eating high on the hog. Rather, to me, good living means understanding how food connects us to the earth. Ruth Reichl
