Ruth Reichl quotes - page 3

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)
I don't think I hate any food trends. View quote
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Some magazines are run from the top down, where the editor-in-chief decides what every article is going to be and who's going to write them, and then they're doled out. My idea is to do it the opposite way, to do it from the bottom up. View quote
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To me, cooking is man's natural activity. But I think writing is really hard. Certainly writing fiction is the hardest thing I've ever done. View quote
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It was through cooking food and sharing it with each other that our ancestors learned how to become social animals. View quote
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I once ate nothing but grapefruit for an entire month. I didn't lose a pound. View quote
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American food is the food of immigrants. You go back a couple of hundred years, and we were all immigrants, unless we're going to talk about Native American cuisine. View quote
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You don't want to give people what they want. Give them something that they didn't know that they wanted. View quote
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I think of fiction as the highest calling. I'm kind of addicted to it. It's the thing that has gotten me through all the hard points in my life. View quote
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I learned so much in Laos. I learned that fried silkworm larvae are delicious. I learned how to make ant-egg salad. View quote
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I think it's hard, when you're someone who likes to please people, as I am, to be a boss. I had to learn how to rein myself in and not terrify people. (Ruth Reichl)
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. View quote
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One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning. View quote
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...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. View quote
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...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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Anyone who thinks they're too grown up or too sophisticated to eat caramel corn, is not invited to my house for dinner. View quote
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When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it. View quote
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I had done this. I had pulled my life apart. I would never, ever be safe again. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Ruth Reichl)
When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end. View quote
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