Ruth Reichl People Quotations

When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it.

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.

We in the media have been guilty about not doing a better job of making people understand how really simple cooking is. We've made everyone feel like they have to be a chef.

Reading an audio book is a very odd experience because there are three people sitting out there while you're reading in this glass booth, and you can see their reactions.

Anybody who believes Yelp is an idiot. Most people on Yelp have no idea what they're talking about.

'Comfort Me with Apples' is a love story, or better, two love stories. And since it deals with a later period in my life, most of the people who appear in it are living.

My mother's name was Miriam, but most people called her Mim.

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.

You don't want to give people what they want. Give them something that they didn't know that they wanted.

People are so used to eating terrible pancakes, no matter how you mess up, they're going to be great. And if you make fresh orange juice, they'll be over the moon.

My idea of management is that what your job is as the boss is to find really good people and empower them and leave them alone.

For me, cooking is a way to try and please people and tell them I love them. When I fall in love with someone, I want to feed them as well.

Ask people to pitch in - hand them a spoon and ask them to stir. Doing things together, having everyone help, makes for a nicer party.