Release Date:- 2005-04-07
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Author of Save Me the Plums Ruth Reichlās iconic, bestselling memoir of her time as an undercover restaurant critic for The New York Times
"Expansive and funny." āEntertainment Weekly
Ruth Reichl, world-renowned food critic and former 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 worldāa 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 usāalong with some of her favorite recipes and reviewsāher remarkable reflections on how oneās outer appearance can influence oneās inner character, expectations, and appetites, not to mention the quality of service one receives.
ā[A] wonderful book, which is funnyāat times laugh-out-loud funnyāand smart and wise.ā āJonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
