“‘We have made cooking into a performative act, and if you make a meal, it better be great,’ says Reichl, who appears Oct. 26 at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland as a guest of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures’ Literary Evenings. ‘And that’s sort of missing the whole point.’
In her new book My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes that Saved My Life (Random House, $35), Reichl, formerly the editor-in-chief at Gourmet magazine, recalls one of the worst years of her life. When Gourmet ceased publication in 2009 after nearly 70 years in print, Reichl was devastated. She was 61 and not sure what to do with the rest of her life…”
.@ruthreichl on life after 'Gourmet' and reconnecting with cooking in MY KITCHEN YEAR (plus Vietnamese pork, yum!) http://t.co/jkYACc382L
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