168 Quotes by Ruth Reichl

I once ate nothing but grapefruit for an entire month. I didn't lose a pound.

If you're going to tell stuff, you might as well tell the real stuff.

If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s.

In this issue, we look at the strange and wonderful ways in which food and music come together.

I have to admit I've never had a Fruit Loop.

I have to say I know much more about football than I would like to, because my husband is a rabid football fan, and it's been so horrible.

I don't think I hate any food trends.

I came from a family where, you know, we sat down at the table every night, and you better have a story to tell. My father never wrote his stories down. And you know, I learned that they went farther if you wrote them down.

'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.