GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES: THE SECRET LIFE OF A CRITIC IN DISGUISE By: Ruth Reichl
Penguin
April 2006
On Sale: March 28, 2006
352 pages ISBN: 0143036610 EAN: 9780143036616 Paperback Add to Wish List
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 worldโa 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 usโalong with some of her favorite recipes and reviewsโher remarkable reflections on how oneโs outer appearance can influence oneโs inner character, expectations, and appetites, not to mention the quality of service one receives.
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