Ruth Reichl Quotes

Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.

Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner

...in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, ...it is never too late to find out how to do it.

When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.

I felt that I was really living in the moment. I did not know where my life was going, but right now the future did not trouble me.

...it was so rich and exotic I was seduced into taking one bite and then another as I tried to chase the flavors back to their source.

She was a great cook, but she cooked more for herself than for other people, not because she was hungry but because she was comforted by the rituals of the kitchen.

Growing up, I was utterly oblivious to the fact that Mom was teaching me all that. But I was instantly aware of her final lesson, which was hidden in her notes and leters. As I read them I began to understand that in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, Mom showed me that it is never too late to find out how to do it.

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.

When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it.