I've always hated Zagat. If I'm going to listen to someone else's opinions on restaurants, I don't care if I agree or not. I just want to know who they are. Ruth Reichl agreecarehate 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
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
A real woman is someone who knows what she wants. If you want to stay home, that's fine, but you have to be clear-eyed. Ruth Reichl cleareyefine Change image and share on social
My mother's name was Miriam, but most people called her Mim. Ruth Reichl callmimmiriam Change image and share on social
The way we allow children to be advertised to is shocking. Eating is a learned behavior, and we've made these kids sitting ducks for all the bad messages about industrialized food. The fact that we allow that to go on is horrifying. Ruth Reichl advertisebadbehavior share on social
If you start with a great peach, there's nothing you're ever going to do that's going to make it any better than when it comes off the tree. In 1970, that was a revolution. Ruth Reichl greatmakepeach Change image and share on social
World War II really fascinated me because it's the only time that everybody in this country sat down at the same table, because eating on rations was your patriotic duty. Ruth Reichl countrydutyeat Change image and share on social
If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s. Ruth Reichl 1800samericanback 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
