Comfort Me with Apples

Ruth Reichl recounts her transformation from chef to food writer, a process that led her through restaurants from Bangkok to Paris to Los Angeles and brought lessons in life, love, and food. It is an apprenticeship by turns delightful and daunting, one told in the most winning and engaging of voices. Her anecdotes from a summer lunch with M.F.K. Fisher, a mad dash through the produce market with Wolfgang Puck, and a garlic feast with Alice Waters are priceless. She is unafraid? even eager? to poke holes in the pretensions of food critics, making each meal a hilarious and instructive occasion for novices and experts alike. Ruth Reichl demonstrates her inimitable ability to combine food writing, humor, and memoir into an art form. The included recipes are superb. Fine, first edition, djkt appears slightly worn and the outside shows some marks.