Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl5/12/2023 Young Ruth spent a good deal of time at parties sidling up to guests and muttering things like "Don't eat the casserole." It was a positive focus for an unbearable anxiety. Unpleasant, if not near-lethal, culinary experiences. This may not sound very impressive, but given her mother's tendency to serve messes created from ancient artifacts found in the refrigerator and day-old specials from God-knew-where, it kept the Reichl family and friends from numerous She relates in "Tender at the Bone," the "guardian of the guests." Reichl, who is now the restaurant critic for The New York Times, was oddly fortunate: she had a specific and important duty, an office to perform, not merely a miasmic burden of unspecified obligation. Of course, most children in this situation are trapped - everything is necessary, Ruth Reichl's mother was a manic-depressive and her father was distant if kindly, and she was alone with them. Not about the beautiful princess who is rescued by the prince (although there is a prince in it), but about the dutiful child 'Tender at the Bone': Overcoming Obstacles by Learning to Cook Well By RUTH ADAMS BRONZ 'Tender at the Bone': Overcoming Obstacles by Learning to Cook Well
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