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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table is Ruth Reichl's memoir about her childhood and early adult experiences with family and food. Reichl grew up in the 1950's and 60's, and entering adulthood in the early 70's. From being thrust into a French Canadian boarding school (and learning about French cuisine) to cooking with her Aunt Birdie and Birdie's cook Alice, to joining a sort-of commune and cooking vegan, Reichl's formative years seem to have been perfectly aligned with her eventual career as a food critic and food magazine editor. But what really strikes home was her relationship with her manic-depressive mother and her long-suffering father. While Reichl is able to spin stories about her mother into comic episodes, I have a feeling that her mother's disease affected Reichl more than she really lets on in the book. Reichl has an engaging style, and she tells her stories with relish. A definite "must" for those readers who enjoy food writing. (  )1   Talbin | Aug 30, 2009 |  A delightful book about the early life and career of food writer and New York Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl. If you are interested in food reviews, cooking, etc. you must read this book. (  ) book58lover | Jul 8, 2009 | I enjoy Reichl's writing style a lot. And it makes for a fascinating read in to this person who became this wonderful foodie. Great little read. (  ) Pool_Boy | Jun 16, 2009 | amira | Mar 11, 2009 | I love Reichl's writing and stories. So much fun. But I could hardly stand to read about her parents. Everytime they were part of the narrative, I got so frustrated. Not with the book or the writing, but with THEM. I literally could not stand them. So oblivious and pathetic. I so wanted Ruth to get away from them, in real life and in the story telling! I don't know how to explain it, but my reaction to them was almost physical! Otherwise, great great read! ( ) VenusofUrbino | Feb 11, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Her stories shine with the voices and recipes of those she has encountered on the way, such as her Aunt Birdie's maid and companion, Alice, who first taught Reichl both the power of cooking and how to make perfect apple dumplings; the family's mysterious patrician housekeeper, Mrs. Peavey, who always remembered to make extra pastry for the beef Wellington; Serafina, the college roommate with whom Reichl explored a time of protest and political and personal discovery; and, finally, cookbook author Marion Cunningham, who, after tales of her midlife struggles and transformation, gave Reichl the strength to overcome her own anxieties.
Reichl's wry and gentle humor pervades the book, and makes readers feel as if they're right at the table, laughing at one great story after another (and delighting in a gourmet meal at the same time, of course). Reichl's narrative of a life lived and remembered through the palate will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.
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