For me, cooking is a way to try and please people and tell them I love them. When I fall in love with someone, I want to feed them as well. Ruth Reichl cookfallfeed Change image and share on social
I'm convinced that the main reason we've become so obsessed with restaurants is due to our basic need to get out of virtual space and into a real one. We're not going out to eat merely to share food; we're there to sit at the same table together, slow down, breathe the same air. Ruth Reichl airbasicbreathe share on social
I learned so much in Laos. I learned that fried silkworm larvae are delicious. I learned how to make ant-egg salad. Ruth Reichl antdeliciousegg Change image and share on social
We in America have gotten addicted to cheap food. The result of that is antibiotic-laden fish, foods that are bred to be portable. Ruth Reichl addictamericaantibiotic Change image and share on social
The truth is, as much as I loved writing restaurant reviews, it always felt very self-indulgent to me. It was so much fun, I loved doing it, but there's so much else to say about food. Ruth Reichl feltfoodfun Change image and share on social
I came from a family where, you know, we sat down at the table every night, and you better have a story to tell. My father never wrote his stories down. And you know, I learned that they went farther if you wrote them down. Ruth Reichl familyfarfather share on social
My mother's father was a doctor, and she desperately wanted to be a doctor. Ruth Reichl desperatelydoctorfather Change image and share on social
What I like best is the challenge of learning something I didn't know how to do, going beyond my comfort level. Ruth Reichl challengecomfortlearn Change image and share on social
I think it's hard, when you're someone who likes to please people, as I am, to be a boss. I had to learn how to rein myself in and not terrify people. Ruth Reichl boshardlearn Change image and share on social
