Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

Ruth Reichl

333 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir lighthearted medium-paced

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Author of Save Me the Plums Ruth Reichl's iconic, bestselling memoir of her time as an undercover restaurant critic for The New York Times Ruth Reichl, world-renowned food critic and former editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, knows a thing or tw...

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lighthearted 79%
funny 63%
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adventurous 26%
relaxing 22%
inspiring 19%
emotional 14%
hopeful 5%
sad 1%

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