Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl – Book Review.
I read Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth Reichl when I was a teenager and loved it! For whatever reason I haven’t read any of her other books. Actually I know the reason… I wasn’t aware she had other books! So I was so excited when I heard this one was coming out. Ruth Reichl awoke a new and deeper appreciation for food in me over a decade ago and it was so fun to remember why. This book focuses on her time as Editor in Chief of Gourmet magazine, but it still describes food in a way that will make your mouth water. I particularly enjoyed the travel sections! I prefer small towns over cities, but Reichl’s stories about Paris reminded me why that magical city is such an outlier for me!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- I really liked it and recommend it for foodies, fans of memoirs and those interested in journalism.
Rating: 4+ stars
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781400069996
Get it at: Amazon or Book Depository
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From the publisher:
When Condé Nast offered Ruth Reichl the top position at America’s oldest epicurean magazine, she declined. She was a writer, not a manager, and had no inclination to be anyone’s boss. Yet Reichl had been reading Gourmet since she was eight; it had inspired her career. How could she say no?
This is the story of a former Berkeley hippie entering the corporate world and worrying about losing her soul. It is the story of the moment restaurants became an important part of popular culture, a time when the rise of the farm-to-table movement changed, forever, the way we eat. Readers will meet legendary chefs like David Chang and Eric Ripert, idiosyncratic writers like David Foster Wallace, and a colorful group of editors and art directors who, under Reichl’s leadership, transformed stately Gourmet into a cutting-edge publication. This was the golden age of print media—the last spendthrift gasp before the Internet turned the magazine world upside down.
Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl – Book Review.
