Ruth Reichl
Chef
1948-01-16
Quotes by Ruth Reichl
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A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife.
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I decided that it wasn't pretty that I felt, but confident.
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When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.
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Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.
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I decided that it wasn't pretty that I felt, but confident.
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Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.
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A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife.
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When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.
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I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut.
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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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I've been to a couple of restaurants in L.A. that were so loud, I left there with a sore throat; you literally could not have a conversation. I think it's very deliberate: There's this idea that somehow it's more fun if there's a roar in the room.
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I don't have my own garden; we're on shale and in the woods. And if I did have a garden, the deer and chipmunks and squirrels and bears would eat everything anyway.
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My mother really would make these dreadful concoctions. She really prided herself on something called 'Everything Stew,' where she would take everything in the refrigerator, all the leftovers, and put them all together.
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The first time you make something, follow the recipe, then figure out how to tailor it to your own tastes.
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I don't think I hate any food trends.
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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 love to make pies - pot pies, quiches, savory tarts, fruit pies. I use an old-fashioned pastry blender with wires and a wooden handle. I never use a recipe.
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