Garlic and Sapphires
副标题: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
ISBN: 9780143036616
出版社: Penguin (Non-Classics)
出版年: 2006-03-28
页数: 352
定价: USD 15.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
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 worlda 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 usalong with some of her favorite recipes and reviewsher remarkable reflections on how one's outer appearance can influence one's inner character, expectations, and appetites, not to mention the quality of service one receives.
This wonderful book is funnyat times laugh-out-loud funnyand smart and wise. The Washington Post
Reichl is so gifted . . . the reader remains hungry for more. USA Today
Expansive and funny. Entertainment Weekly