Ruth Reichl : (3)

" I’m a home cook, and I’m constantly embarrassed by twentysomethings who really do know the mechanics of cooking. How to build a sauce. " - Ruth Reichl

" There is an almost anti-epicurean tradition at the very base of America. For much of the middle part of American history, people who wanted to overcome that went to France. " - Ruth Reichl

" I think it’s part of the DNA of human beings. We are a cooking animal. What differentiates us from all the other animals is that we cook and they don’t. " - Ruth Reichl