I don't have my own garden; we're on shale and in the woods. And if I did have a garden, the deer and chipmunks and squirrels and bears would eat everything anyway. Ruth Reichl bearchipmunkdeer Change image and share on social
Given a choice between great food and boring company or boring food and great company, I'll take the great company any day. Ruth Reichl borechoicecompany Change image and share on social
To me, cooking is man's natural activity. But I think writing is really hard. Certainly writing fiction is the hardest thing I've ever done. Ruth Reichl activitycookfiction 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
What I learned is that how we present ourselves to the world is really how we get treated. So if you want to be treated really well in a restaurant, you really have to dress up. You cannot just show up. Ruth Reichl dresslearnpresent share on social
American food is the food of immigrants. You go back a couple of hundred years, and we were all immigrants, unless we're going to talk about Native American cuisine. Ruth Reichl americanbackcouple Change image and share on social
There is an almost anti-epicurean tradition at the very base of America. For much of the middle part of American history, people who wanted to overcome that went to France. Ruth Reichl americaamericananti Change image and share on social
The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness. Ruth Reichl findhappinessinterest Change image and share on social
I don't think there's one thing more important you can do for your kids than have family dinner. Ruth Reichl dinnerfamilyimportant Change image and share on social
I once ate nothing but grapefruit for an entire month. I didn't lose a pound. Ruth Reichl eatentiregrapefruit Change image and share on social
