Comfort Me with Apples

More Adventures at the Table

By: Ruth Reichl

Narrated by: Ruth Reichl

In Ruth Reichl’s latest book — one that will delight her fans and convert those as yet uninitiated to her charming tales — the author brings to life her adventures in pursuit of good meals and good company. Picking up where Tender at the Bone leaves off, Comfort Me with Apples recounts Reichl’s transformation from chef to food writer, a process that led her through restaurants from Bangkok to Paris to Los Angeles and brought lessons in life, love, and food.

It is an apprenticeship by turns delightful and daunting, one told in the most winning and engaging of voices. Reichl’s anecdotes from a summer lunch with M.F.K. Fisher, a mad dash through the produce market with Wolfgang Puck, and a garlic feast with Alice Waters are priceless. She is unafraid — even eager — to poke holes in the pretensions of food critics, making each meal a hilarious and instructive occasion for novices and experts alike. The New York Times has said, “While all good food critics are humorous .. few are so riotously, effortlessly entertaining as Ruth Reichl.” In Comfort Me with Apples, Reichl once again demonstrates her inimitable ability to combine food writing, humor, and memoir into an art form.©2001 Ruth Reichl; (P)2001 Random House AudioBooks, a Division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Reichl writes with gusto, and her story has all the ingredients of a modern fairy tale: hard work, weird food, and endless curiosity.”
—The New Yorker

“So many memoirs annoy by telling either too much or too little. This one tells just enough....The book reads not like life described but like life lived and then shaped....Each story affirms [Reichl’s] desire to get beyond the surface, even as she celebrates its unlikely depths.”
—The New York Times

“Magnificent, riotous...[Comfort Me with Apples] is an extended, lilting song about lovesickness and the restorative succor of good food....Two courses of Reichl’s literary cooking will leave still-ravenous readers hoping for a third serving soon. [Rating:] A.”
—Entertainment Weekly

Best food memoir author ever!

Love this book so much second time I’ve listened to it! Ruth Reichel is a national treasure!

honest but somewhat odd memoir, narration awful

ruth reichl has an interesting, if somewhat depressed, view of life. i much preferred her later book, Garlic and Sapphires, which was very charming while being offbeat. unfortunately, for Comfort Me with Apples, the author narrated, which only compounded the depressive feel of the book. Skip Comfort Me with Apples, and go directly to Garlic and Sapphires, which is wonderfully written and narrated.

Wonderful listen!!

Love the way Ms. Reichl writes about food. She describes the eating experience in such a tangible way, it is amazing. Wish the unabridged version was available.

Personality

This is a great adventure of understanding how Ruth became who she is today. So happy I read Tender at the Bone first follow Comfort me with Apple with Garlic and Saphires.

love Ruth

The Danny Kaye stories floored me.
Did not know he had that spectacular extra talent. Always loved the man.