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5.0 out of 5 stars
Delicious!,
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This review is from: Garlic And Sapphires (Paperback)
When Ruth Reichl arrives in New York from Los Angeles, the restaurants are expecting her! She is told by a woman on the plane that there is a photo of her by the till in every restaurant she is likely to review. A plan is needed! So Reichl develops a series of disguises so that she can eat incognito.
(She then eats at the same restaurant with no disguise and notes the different way she is treated!) I loved every minute I spent reading this book. Reichl obviously adores food and this is really apparent. She writes about food in a way that is totally lacking in pomposity (other food critics could take a note from her book.) The book explores not only a series of gorgeous meals, and a few not so gorgeous ones! But also the whole experience of eating in wonderful restaurants, and the differnce disguises and company make to the experience. Cannot recommend this highly enough.....delicious!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable but the autobiography is odd,
By WillDavies "WillDavies" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Garlic And Sapphires (Paperback)
Three stars is mean; three and a half would be fair. I enjoyed reading this book and I'd recommend it, but I know I'll never pick it up again. Reichl writes well and has a genuine and articulate interest in food, and her accounts of the weirdness of life as a high-profile food critic are absolutely winning. The excitement of going to work for the NY Times - and finding she's famous, at least in restaurants - is lovely to read about. I found the autobiographical elements, however, strikingly strange. She flirts with different identities, flirts with affairs, and it is unsettlingly unclear how much this was invented to help the book along and how much an expression of her character. It felt like a major thread of the book that hadn't quite been woven in properly. I'd probably be less dis-satisfied if she didn't write so well - as it was I really felt frustrated that she hadn't put all the bits of the book into place.A good read but not, I think, as good as it could have been.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Deliciously Delightful,
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This review is from: Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (Hardcover)
. Eliot, "Four Quartets", "Garlic and sapphires in the mud". 'You love to eat, you love to write, you love the generosity of the cooks, and what happens around a table when a great meal is served.' This is the Ruth Reichl we know and love as the editor of "Gourmet" magazine. She has written two books about her life as woman and chef, and this third book is about her life as the Restaurant Critic for The New York Times. This is a great book, humorous, down- right laughing out loud funny, serious, and sensitive and a story about Ruth and her life and family in the city she was born in and loves, New York City.Ruth was the restaurant critic at the Los Angeles Times and was very happy. Or, she thought she was. She had reviewed every great restaurant and received the laurels she deserved for her expertise. Strangely, she received a phone call asking her if she would New York is a strange city. The chefs and owners of the grand restaurants placed her picture in their kitchens so that if she came to them, she would be recognized. So, Ruth had to take matters into her own hands. She started to wear disguises while eating at the restaurant she was reviewing, and she fooled them, fooled them all. She would visit a restaurant at least 3-5 times before writing a review. Her reviews are masterpieces. She can make or break a restaurant. She discovered that if the restaurants knew she was there, she was treated like a queen, and the everyday couple next to her, revived a different meal than she did. After all, Ruth was there to review for the masses not the well known New Yorker. Ruth was able to complete her job with her disguises and such funny experiences she had. Her trips to the wig shop and the second hand clothing shops are hilarious. Her son, wanted to know abbot every disguise and he readers were enthralled with her reviews. Ruth visited every neighborhood in New York, She met the great and the man next door She was happy to just be around the thing she loves the most, next to his family, food. Ruth developed strange alliances and wonderful friends. This sis more like a chat with your best friend, and the recipes. Ruth gives us her amazing recipes. I must try them all. There does not appear to be one better than the other. After 5 years, Ruth After five years, Ruth became tired of the critic life and was looking for something new. What, she was not sure. However, a phone call came at the right time. Best book in a long time- Admirably recommended.. prisrob
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