Quote by Ruth Reichl

...in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, ...it is never too late to find out how…

— Ruth Reichl

When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.

— Ruth Reichl

“He was like a jazz musician, joyfully improvising, imagining tastes that ordinary people could not. He pulled ingredients apart and reconstructed them in endlessly…

— 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…

— Ruth Reichl

“She took a sip of wine and held it in her mouth, straining to identify the flavors. Cherry, she thought. Licorice. Thorns. She imagined…

— Ruth Reichl

“She's always sniffing the bottles in the spice cabinet." I didn't know she'd even noticed. At first it was just curiosity; why did fennel…

— Ruth Reichl

Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make…

— 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…

— Ruth Reichl

“I remember the pissaladière. We stood there watching them cook and eating that soft, oily bread. Back then I was so poor I was…

— 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…

— Ruth Reichl

“...I was not prepared for the feel of the noodles in my mouth, or the purity of the taste. I had been in Japan…

— Ruth Reichl

It is not 'only' food, I said heatedly. There's meaning hidden underneath each dish.

— Ruth Reichl