April 09, 2005

Garlic and Sapphires

Gs "Food writers are generally a self-abasing lot, in thrall to master chefs they consider their creative betters and doubtful of the very validity of their profession -- a profession that ''alone among all human vocations,'' the former Gourmet restaurant critic Jay Jacobs once wrote, 'culminates in ignoble defecation.' But Ruth Reichl is different."  {snippet of David Kamp's review}

Continue on to The New York Times book review of 'Garlic and Sapphires'

Apr 9, 2005 5:25:22 PM | Books

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