flea | Garlic and Sapphires

Book read: Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl. The former NYT food critic's 3rd memoir, and this is the exciting one, covering her tenure in that august and powerful position. Highlights include the magic wig lady and creation of various disguises, musings on the way one's restaurant experience varies according to who one is, NYT politics including Page Six kerfuffles and the difficulty of arranging a Chinese banquet in Flushing for the publisher. A fun, quick read, well worth it if you like food, read the Times, or ever pondered assuming an alternate identity.