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| Original Title: | Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise |
| ISBN: | 0143036610 (ISBN13: 9780143036616) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | New York City, New York(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Biography/Memoir (2006) |
Ruth Reichl
Paperback | Pages: 334 pages Rating: 3.93 | 34905 Users | 3784 Reviews
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| Title | : | Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise |
| Author | : | Ruth Reichl |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 334 pages |
| Published | : | March 28th 2006 by Penguin Books (first published January 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Food and Drink. Food. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography |
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Ruth Reichl, world-renowned food critic and editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, knows a thing or two about food. She also knows that as the most important food critic in the country, you need to be anonymous when reviewing some of the most high-profile establishments in the biggest restaurant town in the world--a charge she took very seriously, taking on the guise of a series of eccentric personalities. In Garlic and Sapphires, Reichl reveals the comic absurdity, artifice, and excellence to be found in the sumptuously appointed stages of the epicurean world and gives us--along with some of her favorite recipes and reviews--her remarkable reflections on how one's outer appearance can influence one's inner character, expectations, and appetites, not to mention the quality of service one receives.Rating Epithetical Books Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Ratings: 3.93 From 34905 Users | 3784 ReviewsWrite Up Epithetical Books Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
I really went back and forth on the rating for this. I like Ruth Reichl, I like what she's done with Gourmet, I like her non-elitist attitude, I like her food writing, and by all accounts, she's a genuinely nice person. But while she has a golden tongue for tasting, she has a wooden ear for dialogue. While her adventures in disguise have been confirmed by outside sources, they seem impossible to believe because her characterization is so wooden and awful. Heck, I almost questioned whether sheRuth Reichl is back, and this time she's the new restaurant critic for the New York Times. Although the Times is famous for its all-business-no-play reputation, leave it to Ruthie to take her job to the next level...and have fun doing it! Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise chronicles Reichl's ten year stint with the Times, and her effort to bring good food to the masses. In order to do that, she decides to create alter egos a la Mrs. Doubtfire, to avoid red carpet
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise whetted my appetite to read more food memoirs. This book charmed me from the get-go. Whether Ruth Reichl donned the costume of aggressive Emily, beatnik Brenda, sexy Chloe, her mother or invisible Betty Jones, her accounting of her stint as food critic of the New York Times sizzled. Lest anyone think this is a cream puff of a book, it isn't. Reichl candidly discussed how she deceived herself about her reasons for becoming a food
This is a memoir of Reichl's time as the New York Times food critic. She often had to wear disguises to restaurants during this period, so the book focuses on food, identity, restaurant culture, family, friendship, and careers. I thought this was an engaging, thoughtful, and thoroughly entertaining memoir. Can't wait to read more by her!
Her latest book was so ruined by bad metaphors and cliched similes that I was repulsed into throwing it away after two chapters. Where is that
I love Ruth Reichl. I'm working my way through all of her books. I love hearing about her talking about food and life in New York City.This book is an interesting look at restaurant culture in New York and how different customers at the same restaurant are treated very differently. When Reichl was a restaurant critic for the New York Times, she would eat at a restaurant as herself, and then go several times in disguise using a fake name and credit card. She talks about both experiences at each
I'd never read her Times reviews, so this was my first time experiencing any of her writing. I looked forward to my subway rides while I was reading this, and I found myself almost blushing while reading some of her more Porn-ish reviews of food. I loved every bit of the food critic/ dressing up in disguise/ new york times culture stuff, but could have done without much of the personal crap about discovering herself through her characters and what a good mom she is. I'm sure she is a good mom,
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