Comfort Me With Apples - More Adventures at the Table

Zusatztext “Reichl writes with gusto! and her story has all the ingredients of a modern fairy tale: hard work! weird food! and endless curiosity.” —The New Yorker “So many memoirs annoy by telling either too much or too little. This one tells just enough....The book reads not like life described but like life lived and then shaped....Each story affirms [Reichl’s] desire to get beyond the surface! even as she celebrates its unlikely depths.” —The New York Times “Magnificent! riotous! erotic...[Comfort Me with Apples] is an extended! lilting song about lovesickness and the restorative succor of good food....Two courses of Reichl’s literary cooking will leave still-ravenous readers hoping for a third serving soon. [Rating:] A.” —Entertainment Weekly Informationen zum Autor Ruth Reichl  is the New York Times bestselling author of five memoirs, the novel Delicious! , and the cookbook My Kitchen Year . She was editor in chief of Gourmet magazine and previously served as restaurant critic for The New York Times , as well as food editor and restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times . She has been honored with six James Beard Awards. In 2024, she received the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award. Klappentext In this delightful sequel to her bestseller Tender at the Bone, Ruth Reichl returns with more tales of love, life, and marvelous meals. Comfort Me with Apples picks up Reichl's story in 1978, when she puts down her chef's toque and embarks on a career as a restaurant critic. Her pursuit of good food and good company leads her to New York and China, France and Los Angeles, and her stories of cooking and dining with world-famous chefs range from the madcap to the sublime. Through it all, Reichl makes each and every course a hilarious and instructive occasion for novices and experts alike. She shares some of her favorite recipes while also sharing the intimacies of her personal life in a style so honest and warm that readers will feel they are enjoying a conversation over a meal with a friend.THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. — A.J. Liebling Easy for him to say: He was independently wealthy. Personally, I found the primary requisite for writing about food to be a credit card. And that was a problem. I pictured myself sweeping into fabulous restaurants to dine upon caviar and champagne. Maître d’s would cower before the great Restaurant Critic. Chefs would stand behind the kitchen door, trembling. “What is she saying?” they would whisper to my waiter. “Does she like it?” I would not betray, by word or gesture, my opinion of the meal. And when it was all over, I would throw down my card and cry “Charge it please!,” then gather my retinue and float regally out the door. Unfortunately, the first time I tried this I hit a few snags. In 1978, San Francisco’s fanciest French restaurant belonged to a chef who had cooked for the Kennedys. The valet stared at my beat-up Volvo and shook his head. He could not, he insisted, accept a car that used a screwdriver in place of a key. The maître d’hôtel was equally overjoyed by my arrival; he looked me up and down, took in my thrift-store clothing, and led me straight to the worst table, the one that shook each time a waiter came out the kitchen door. The sommelier appeared worried when I ordered the ’61 Lascombes. He had, he was sorry to inform me, sold the last bottle. He was certain that a nice little Beaujolais would make me very happy. And when the captain announced that the special of the evening was freshly made terrine de foie gras, he pointedly told me the price. The biggest humiliation, however, was yet to come. “Your credit card, madam,” said the maître d’hôtel frostily, “has been rejected.” He stood over me looking more smug than sorrowful; clearly he had been expecting thi...

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• Autori: Ruth Reichl
• Editore: Random House USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.05.2010
• EAN: 9780812981629
• ISBN: 978-0-8129-8162-9
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Random House Reader's Circle
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie