Ruth Reichl Professions : WriterBorn : January 16, 1948 Browse All Authors Top 43 quotes by Ruth Reichl 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. Ruth Reichl pastryneverfruitlove If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s. Ruth Reichl youfoodhistorypeople There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them. Ruth Reichl meyoulibrarydoors If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food. Ruth Reichl supportchangefoodway I like to work. I believe that work helps us find our self worth. Ruth Reichl worthselfworkbelieve By the time I met Julia Child, her husband, Paul, was little more than a ghost of a man, so diminished by old age and its attendant diseases that it was impossible to discern the remarkable artist, photographer and poet he once had been. Ruth Reichl manold-ageagetime Ask people to pitch in - hand them a spoon and ask them to stir. Doing things together, having everyone help, makes for a nicer party. Ruth Reichl doingpartytogetherpeople One of the things I really love about restaurants is that in many ways, they are the ultimate democratic institutions, where you get to walk in the door, plunk down your money, and for however long that you're there, you can be anyone you want to be. Ruth Reichl walkyoumoneylove My kitchen was built for my body. It forms a 'U' in the middle of the living room and dining room. It's not huge, because I don't like huge kitchens. Ruth Reichl likelivingkitchenbody The thing I like most in my kitchen is my marble counters. Everybody said not to use marble because it's fragile, it stains, it cracks, and it doesn't remain beautiful. But I love marble. Ruth Reichl kitchensaidbeautifullove What I learned is that how we present ourselves to the world is really how we get treated. So if you want to be treated really well in a restaurant, you really have to dress up. You cannot just show up. Ruth Reichl dressrestaurantyouworld The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness. Ruth Reichl findingjoyhappinesslife M. F. K. Fisher was a wonder and a huge influence, and someone I got to know pretty well at the end of her life. Ruth Reichl endsomeoneinfluencelife What I like best is the challenge of learning something I didn't know how to do, going beyond my comfort level. Ruth Reichl challengebestknowlearning I bake bread nearly every day; I use Jim Lahey's no-knead method and leave it to rise overnight. Ruth Reichl every-dayrisedaybread 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. Ruth Reichl ownwoodsmy-owngarden If you really taste a doughnut, it's pretty disgusting. They taste of grease. Ruth Reichl reallyprettyyoutaste 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. Ruth Reichl feelingneveralwaysugly 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. Ruth Reichl sharingplaceeatingfood 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. Ruth Reichl sheeverythingmothertogether Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writerAll Authors
