Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir

by Ruth Reichl

I knew, without any doubt, that as long as I lived, chili would be one of the ways in which I offer thanks.

Chili - such a simple, but soulful way to gather a crowd of loved ones - especially when it’s my father’s recipe that I’ve made for years.

Now, for the first time, I thought that maybe he was the one who hadn’t gotten it right. Every world has its extraordinary side. It’s just that so few of us know how to find it.

So true