American - Chef | January 16, 1948 -
I have to say I know much more about football than I would like to, because my husband is a rabid football fan, and it's been so horrible.
Ruth Reichl
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What often, too often, happens in magazines is that you end up with a great editorial product, and then you're selling things that you don't really approve of.
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Anyone who has ever been an ugly adolescent - and we are legion - knows that the feeling of being unlovely and unlovable never goes away; it is always there, lurking just beneath the surface.
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I once ate nothing but grapefruit for an entire month. I didn't lose a pound.
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When I ate slowly and deliberately, giving myself time to consider whether I actually wanted that next bite, I often discovered that I didn't.
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To me, cooking is man's natural activity. But I think writing is really hard. Certainly writing fiction is the hardest thing I've ever done.
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What I always do in times of trouble or stress is to try and do something I don't know how to do.
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Sharing food has always had a central place in civilized societies; it's no accident that so many of our cultural, religious and patriotic rituals are involved with eating.
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The way we live is changing. Each year, our free time shrinks a little more as computers clamor for an increasing percentage of our attention.
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I'm convinced that the main reason we've become so obsessed with restaurants is due to our basic need to get out of virtual space and into a real one. We're not going out to eat merely to share food; we're there to sit at the same table together, slow down, breathe the same air.
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I'm not a big turkey fan, but my husband loves it. Thanksgiving is his favorite meal.
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Don't make a big to-do about the turkey; brine it, put it in the oven, and don't think about it again.
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