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  1. Ruth Reichl _ Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet

    It was a completely innocent remark. To me, the subway is more than a quick way to get from one place to another. It is New York in miniature, an intimate glimpse of the city. You rub shoulders with everyone who lives here, find out what they're reading, see what they're wearing, eavesdrop on their conversations.
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  2. Ruth Reichl _ Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet

    I'm just an actor, and no more interesting than you are. She scribbled her name. Probably not as interesting, actually You should pay more attention to yourself and less to people like me. You'll be better off that way.
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  3. Ruth Reichl _ Garlic and Sapphires: The

    I love all these people; they have so much passion. They're a little bit crazy, but they use their craziness for their business. They live right."
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  4. Ruth Reichl _ Delicious!

    You mean like you?" The old enmity had come roaring back, and she was no longer one of my bosses. She gave a shout of laughter. "Well, you're right, it's been a rotten time. I've been catering, which is just another way of saying that I've been in hell." "That bad?" Richard took a bite
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  5. Ruth Reichl _ The Best American Food Writing

    Even the most avid technocrat must occasionally escape from virtual space, and what better place to do it than the kitchen, with all its dangerous knives and delicious aromas?
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  6. Ruth Reichl _ Delicious!

    Any soul who has survived to the age of eighty - two with nary a secret would be extremely dull. I, for one, would have very little interest in making their acquaintance.
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  7. Ruth Reichl _ Delicious!

    I felt for the first time that the library belonged here. The house was reclaiming its spirit, and the library, which had stood aloof and apart for so many years, was turning back into what it was always meant to be: the heart of this home.
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  8. Ruth Reichl _ Delicious!

    That's what I like so much about old libraries - they smell the way we'd like to imagine the past.
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  9. Ruth Reichl _ Delicious!

    Hermione was back, holding out a gossamer dress of rainbow chiffon so airy I thought of fireflies on a moonlight night.
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  10. Ruth Reichl _ Delicious!

    I've named my cookies Snowballs, but not because that's what they look like. It's the way they make you feel. You know how it is when a snowball is flying toward you on an icy-cold night? The stars are glittering, and the snow is twinkling, but you're wrapped up in mittens and boots, so you're toasty warm. It's surprise and comfort, all at the same time; that's how I want them to taste. Do you know what I mean? Here's the recipe: It has chocolate, marshmallows, and pecans in a very buttery batter.
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  11. Ruth Reichl _ My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes

    when you cook for people, they feel cared for.
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  12. Ruth Reichl _ My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes

    And I still believe, to the core of my being, that when you pay attention, cooking becomes a kind of meditation.
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