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This account of Reichl's early years is a compelling story of an unusual childhood. Her experiences include a stint in a Canadian boarding school where she learned French, to time in a commune in San Francisco. Always food is at the center of her life, whether preparing it or eating it with friends. I think having read her tribute to her mother colored my reading of this book. Her mother suffered from mental illness, and Reichl's understanding of her mother's state after her death, gave a light-hearted and amusing slant that she portrays differently in her later account.

The book is interspersed with fascinating and delicious recipes for dishes that I will never cook but enjoy reading about.


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Tender at the Bone Growing Up at the Table Ruth Reichl 9780767903387 Books Reviews

Reading is my number one hobby. I read my favorite books over and over finding something new each time I re-read them. As I buy lots of books, of necessity, I am very fussy about which books I keep to re-read. They have to be VERY special which Ruth Reichl's "Tender at the Bone" is and will be kept to be re-read over and over with great pleasure.
For reason's unknown I hadn't heard of Ruth Reichl until I read this book. How lucky I am to have stumbled on a great writer to add to my list of favorite authors. This very well written book kept me awake far later than usual as it was so very entertaining reading the hilarious tales and mouth watering recipes. Her antics at school, descriptions of her parents lifestyle, her teenage and young adult years all made for excellent reading. Ruth's writing style is very enjoyable and I look forward to reading her other books.
Great read, Ruth Reichl is a master storyteller and talented writer. This book is more a collection of essays cherry-picked from various points in her life and less a continuous story of her life. Regardless, it is a fun read with the constant backdrop of her passion for food and cooking, as well as how those things impact her, her family, and everyone around her. It also provides interesting insights here and there about the culinary world and prominent "foodie" people she comes into contact with. If you like food memoirs, you don't want to miss this one!
I am the author's contemporary, and I also grew up with a mother who didn't cook well, although mine was not bipolar. She simply bought into the post war push to make cooking "convenient" for women, and I suffered through many meals of Swanson's frozen dinners, fish sticks, frozen vegetables--in California!!--and jello salads. (The frozen things didn't require preparation.) I was permitted to cook, but only occasionally...I could season steaks, I could make cakes from a box, I had a child's cookbook that contained a decent recipe for meatloaf, and that was about it. I was enchanted with Julia Child's early TV programs, but managed to insult my mother by giving her "Mastering" as a Christmas gift (I took the book back, and I still have it.) I remember years later going to Kermit Lynch's store in Albany (we called him the Albanian Wine Merchant) and being impressed with his tastes. For these reasons I related to Reichl's book and enjoyed it very much. It is also just a well written autobiography, showing how a young person found the courage to follow her passion. I have just read her three books, in reverse order of their publication...I think each one is better than the one before.
Just finished this delightful, insightful memoir and can relate to Ruth in many ways.
Having had an 'irregular' mother myself, I was given comfort and reassurance by reading what
Ruth had to say about her parents and the insights she gained over time. It took me 19 yrs. after my
mother's death to come to terms with our very awkward relationship and learn to appreciate my heritage.
I read Reichl's "Garlic and Sapphires" awhile back and picked up "Tender at the Bone" soon after, but I kept putting off reading it even though the first book was so good. It turned out "Tender at the Bone" is even BETTER. It's a memoir of her early life and is filled with fascinating and cringe-worthy anecdotes. At first it was surprising she chose to go into the food business having grown up in a house with a manic-depressive mother who thought nothing of adding leftover apple pie to a stew and who denied it was her menu of spoiled foods that brought food poisoning down on a major dinner party. I had to laugh when Reichl said her job was to police the table and whisper "don't eat that," to potential victims of her mother's bizarre and dangerous food foibles. The book was fascinating and left me wishing for more.
Given how long ago this book was first published, and the fact that I just read it, I feel like someone who arrived late to a party ... but better late than never! Over the years, I've had the pleasure of seeing many of Ruth Reichl's foodie projects and have always had an appreciation for her public personna. This book gives an inside peek into Ruth's early family years and her first forays into the world of food. I've always liked Ms. Reichl's honest writing style, and I love the way she tells her story here. I also love the fact that she included a number of actual recipes (rather matter-of-factly for us foodies) for various menu items that were woven into the fabric of her tale. Thoroughly enjoyable read - highly recommended!
Arrived promptly, in good condition, great book. Spoilers ahead if you started with Garlic and Sapphires, and are looking for the same sort of foodie/flavor discussion that was present in that book, it's not as present in this one. It's still there, Reichl is great at bringing to life flavors that you are vaguely aware of but don't really know how to process, but it felt to me that the book isn't as dedicated to food as Garlic and Sapphires. The recipes in the book are great and a lot of fun, some of them take a lot of work and a lot of prep. The only thing that disappointed me was the lessening of food discussion. It was great to read about the author's life and background, and her journey, though. Good book
This account of Reichl's early years is a compelling story of an unusual childhood. Her experiences include a stint in a Canadian boarding school where she learned French, to time in a commune in San Francisco. Always food is at the center of her life, whether preparing it or eating it with friends. I think having read her tribute to her mother colored my reading of this book. Her mother suffered from mental illness, and Reichl's understanding of her mother's state after her death, gave a light-hearted and amusing slant that she portrays differently in her later account.

The book is interspersed with fascinating and delicious recipes for dishes that I will never cook but enjoy reading about.