I'm a home cook, and I'm constantly embarrassed by twentysomethings who really do know the mechanics of cooking. How to build a sauce. Ruth Reichl buildconstantlycook Change image and share on social
Don't make a big to-do about the turkey; brine it, put it in the oven, and don't think about it again. Ruth Reichl bigbrinemake Change image and share on social
It was through cooking food and sharing it with each other that our ancestors learned how to become social animals. Ruth Reichl ancestoranimalcook Change image and share on social
I think it's part of the DNA of human beings. We are a cooking animal. What differentiates us from all the other animals is that we cook and they don't. Ruth Reichl animalbeingcook Change image and share on social
Hunger, I discovered, is very much a matter of the mind, and as I began to study my own appetites, I saw that my teenage craving had not really been for food. That ravenous desire had been a yearning for love, attention, appreciation. Food had merely been my substitute. Ruth Reichl appetiteappreciationattention share on social
I like poached eggs, but I'll make scrambled or fried or whatever anybody wants. Ruth Reichl eggfrymake Change image and share on social
The thing I like most in my kitchen is my marble counters. Everybody said not to use marble because it's fragile, it stains, it cracks, and it doesn't remain beautiful. But I love marble. Ruth Reichl beautifulcountercrack Change image and share on social
The American government policy on what we supported and subsidised in agriculture was a social experiment on a whole generation of children. Ruth Reichl agricultureamericanchild Change image and share on social
I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut. Ruth Reichl bookgreathave Change image and share on social
By the time I met Julia Child, her husband, Paul, was little more than a ghost of a man, so diminished by old age and its attendant diseases that it was impossible to discern the remarkable artist, photographer and poet he once had been. Ruth Reichl ageartistattendant share on social