American - Chef | January 16, 1948 -
I think I wrote my first piece about food in 1978.
Ruth Reichl
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I think that reading is always active. As a writer, you can only go so far; the reader meets you halfway, bringing his or her own experience to bear on everything you've written. What I mean is that it is not only the writer's memory that filters experience, but the reader's as well.
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My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it cost her dearly. Late in her life, she was furious that she had not followed her own heart; she thought that it had ruined her life, and I think she was right.
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One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.
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Anybody who believes Yelp is an idiot. Most people on Yelp have no idea what they're talking about.
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I've always hated Zagat. If I'm going to listen to someone else's opinions on restaurants, I don't care if I agree or not. I just want to know who they are.
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M. F. K. Fisher was a wonder and a huge influence, and someone I got to know pretty well at the end of her life.
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We in America have gotten addicted to cheap food. The result of that is antibiotic-laden fish, foods that are bred to be portable.
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One of the effects of cheap food is, we have food that is so unsatisfactory. We need to go back to flavor.
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I love breakfast, and I don't see any reason it has to be cereal and eggs and toast.
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For me, cooking is a way to try and please people and tell them I love them. When I fall in love with someone, I want to feed them as well.
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You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.
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