Tender at the Bone - Ruth Reichl

Title: Tender at the Bone
Author: Ruth Reichl
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 320
Date read: October, 2014

At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were." Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well told. Beginning with Reichl's mother, the notorious food-poisoner known as the Queen of Mold, Reichl introduces us to the fascinating characters who shaped her world and her tastes, from the gourmand Monsieur du Croix, who served Reichl her first soufflé, to those at her politically correct table in Berkeley who championed the organic food revolution in the 1970s.

I read "Garlic and Sapphires" a couple of years ago and LOVED it, so I had great hopes for "Tender at the Bone". Unfortunately it didn't quite live up to my expectations. It was good enough, but not as good as I had hoped for.

It was interesting to hear about Ruth Reichl's background though - it was very different from what I had expected, purely based on G&S. Can't have been easy with a bipolar mother to contend with.