Full name: Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

Author: Ruth Reichl Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Award winners, Non Fiction, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780143036616 0143036610

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. Similar books: Spoon Fed by Kim Severson Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton Poor Man's Feast by Elissa Altman Stuffed by Patricia Volk Eating My Words by Mimi Sheraton Heat by Bill Buford Consuming Passions by Michael Lee West Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain The Tenth Muse by Judith Jones Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain Dirty Sugar Cookies by Ayun Halliday Toast by Nigel Slater My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell On Writing by Stephen King When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Born a Crime by Trevor Noah The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg