Quotes by : Ruth Reichl

Throughout human history beauty has been seen as a gift from God, but Mom had another notion; she thought....

If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster....

A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing....

Tommy and I put on a radio play to entertain everyone while they unpacked their cookies. It was about....

The implications of Americans devoting their lives to fast food are more profound than the fact that....

Don't you just love the idea of cooking flowers? I imagine them bursting into bloom, right in the pan.....

When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.

...I was not prepared for the feel of the noodles in my mouth, or the purity of the taste. I had been....

My idea of good living is not about eating high on the hog. Rather, to me, good living means understanding....

That's the most terrible thing about being a child; you're convinced that it's all your fault." Lulu