Top 97 Quotes by Ruth Reichl

About Ruth Reichl

These are some quotes by American author Ruth Reichl Chef, who was born on January 16, 1948.

You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.

You can be a decent critic if you know about food, but to be a really good one, you need to know about life.

Ruth Reichl

A real woman is someone who knows what she wants. If you want to stay home, that's fine, but you have to be clear-eyed.

A real woman is someone who knows what she wants. If you want to stay home, that's fine, but you have to be clear-eyed.

Ruth Reichl

My mother's name was Miriam, but most people called her Mim.

My mother's name was Miriam, but most people called her Mim.

Ruth Reichl

The way we allow children to be advertised to is shocking. Eating is a learned behavior, and we've made these kids sitting ducks for all the bad messages about industrialized food. The fact that we allow that to go on is horrifying.

Ruth Reichl

World War II really fascinated me because it's the only time that everybody in this country sat down at the same table, because eating on rations was your patriotic duty.

World War II really fascinated me because it's the only time that everybody in this country sat down at the same table, because eating on rations was your patriotic duty.

Ruth Reichl

What does happen in 'Gourmet,' we had eight test kitchens, and at any given time, there were, like, ten or twelve test cooks. And whenever anybody finished something, they would yell, 'Taste!' and everyone would go running towards it, and then taste, and then brutally deconstruct the dish.

Ruth Reichl

If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s.

If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s.

Ruth Reichl

If you have caviar, the way to eat it is by the spoonful. Don't combine it with shrimp, pomegranate seeds and huitlacoche.

If you have caviar, the way to eat it is by the spoonful. Don't combine it with shrimp, pomegranate seeds and huitlacoche.

Ruth Reichl

The hardest part of cooking is shopping, and if you organize yourself and shop once a week, you're halfway there.

The hardest part of cooking is shopping, and if you organize yourself and shop once a week, you're halfway there.

Ruth Reichl

I'm convinced that the main reason we've become so obsessed with restaurants is due to our basic need to get out of virtual space and into a real one. We're not going out to eat merely to share food; we're there to sit at the same table together, slow down, breathe the same air.

Ruth Reichl

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