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Save me the plums : my Gourmet memoir
Record details
- ISBN: 1400069998
- ISBN: 9781400069996
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Physical Description:
[xiii], 266 pages ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2019]
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| Subject: | Food writers United States Biography Reichl, Ruth |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Town of Hanover Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Etna Library | 641.5 REI | 31257000273671 | Adult collection | Available | - |
| Howe Library | 641.5092 REI | 31254003583180 | Garden Room - Main floor | Available | - |
Summary:
When Cond©♭ Nast offered Ruth Reichl the top position at America's oldest epicurean magazine, she declined. She was a writer, not a manager, and had no inclination to be anyone's boss. Yet Reichl had been reading Gourmet since she was eight; it had inspired her career. How could she say no? This is the story of a former Berkeley hippie entering the corporate world and worrying about losing her soul. It is the story of the moment restaurants became an important part of popular culture, a time when the rise of the farm-to-table movement changed, forever, the way we eat. Readers will meet legendary chefs like David Chang and Eric Ripert, idiosyncratic writers like David Foster Wallace, and a colorful group of editors and art directors who, under Reichl's leadership, transformed stately Gourmet into a cutting-edge publication. This was the golden age of print media--the last spendthrift gasp before the Internet turned the magazine world upside down. Complete with recipes, Save Me the Plums is a personal journey of a woman coming to terms with being in charge and making a mark, following a passion and holding on to her dreams--even when she ends up in a place she never expected to be.