Tender at the Bone Quotes

“She was a great cook, but she cooked more for herself than for other people, not because she was hungry but because she was comforted by the rituals of the kitchen.”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“I was slowly discovering that if you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were.”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“We waited, eating resilient, deeply satisfying bread dipped in spicy oil that tasted exactly like fresh olives. Doug reached out and stroked my knee and I had a sudden conscious thought that I was happy.”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“It was Mac who first made me think about the way food brought people together — and kept them apart.”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“Everything here is true, but it might not be entirely factual.”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“Nothing is sexier than a competent man: I was in love.”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“We're in a transient state - why hate our present selves? Let's save the energy for when we are eighty, when we are perhaps above, or beyond, changing. Then we can hate, if hate we must.”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“When Ruthie and I went for the final fitting at Balmain”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“Mrs. Peavey”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table