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Title

• Tender at the Bone

Author

• Ruth Reichl

Publisher

• Broadway Books

Tender at the Bone

Growing Up at the Table

Overview

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At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that “food could be a way of making sense of the world . . . if you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were.” Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well told.

Beginning with Reichl’s mother, the notorious food-poisoner known as the Queen of Mold, Reichl introduces us to the fascinating characters who shaped her world and her tastes, from the gourmand Monsieur du Croix, who served Reichl her first soufflé, to those at her politically correct table in Berkeley who championed the organic food revolution in the 1970s.

Spiced with Reichl’s infectious humor and sprinkled with her favorite recipes, Tender at the Bone — the first in Reichl’s three-volume series of memoirs — is a witty and compelling chronicle of a culinary sensualist’s coming-of-age.

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Selected contents

• Boeuf à la Bourguignonne
• Devil’s Food Cake
• Wiener Schnitzel