The contrast between Ruth Reichl's first and second memoirs is interesting and instructive. The first, Tender at the Bone, published in 1998, is a story of youthful adventure, misadventure and ...

When I was lovesick in my youth, my comfort foods were ice cream and Doritos, though not at the same time. When I was lovesick as an adult, my comfort foods were ice cream and alcohol. Sometimes at ...

When last we heard from Ruth Reichl — wild haired cook, esteemed food critic, passion prone chomper of life, mistress of prose so juicy you want to suck the marrow out of her sentences — well, when ...