Garlic and Sapphires

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Reichl began cooking at the age of seven. It was pure self-defense; her mother, who was affectionately known as ‘the Queen of Mold,’ inadvertently poisoned people, and Ruth felt she could do a slightly better job. Trained as an art historian, she ended up following her passion for food. She had a modest restaurant in Berkeley, then became the restaurant critic of The Los Angeles Times and then the New York Times before being named Editor in Chief of Gourmet Magazine . She has written four memoirs and three cookbooks, but Delicious! is her first novel. She lives in New York with her husband and son - and deeply regrets that she neglected to give them any reason to learn to cook. Klappentext Reichl's riotous account of the many disguises she employs to dine undetected when she takes on the coveted and prestigious job of "New York Times" restaurant critic, lifts the lid on this glamorous world and has the same appeal as Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential". Zusammenfassung Reichl knows that to be a good critic she has to be anonymous - but her picture is posted in every four-star, low-star kitchen in town and so she embarks on an extraordinary - and hilarious - undercover game of disguise - keeping even her husband and son in the dark.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Reichl, Reichl Ruth
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2007
• EAN: 9780099489979
• ISBN: 978-0-09-948997-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Arrow Books
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, COOKING / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, Cookery / food & drink etc, Cookery / food and drink, Cookery / food and drink / food writing