Comfort Me with Apples and Tender at the Bone: Two Culinary Treasures
By Ruth Reichl
By Ruth Reichl
Category: Biography & Memoir | Food Memoir & Travel
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Praise
Praise for Tender at the Bone
“Reading Ruth Reichl on food is almost as good as eating it.”—The Washington Post Book World
“An absolute delight to read . . . How lucky we are that [Reichl] had the courage to follow her appetite.”—Newsday
“While all good food writers are humorous . . . few are so riotously, effortlessly entertaining as Ruth Reichl.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A poignant, yet hilarious, collection of stories about people [Reichl] has known and loved, and who, knowingly or unknowingly, steered her on the path to fulfill her destiny as one of the world’s leading food writers.”—Chicago Sun-Times
Praise for Comfort Me with Apples
“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
“[Comfort Me with Apples] 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 . . . an extended, lilting song about lovesickness and the restorative succor of good food. [Grade:] A”—Entertainment Weekly
“Compelling . . . The book’s charm emerges from Reichl’s writing, her observations and her amazing ability to capture people in a few memorable sentences. . . . You just have to read it.”—USA Today
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