168 Quotes by Ruth Reichl

...in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, ...it is never too late to find out how to do it.

My mother started out by being a very good girl. She did everything that was expected of her, and it cost her dearly. Late in her life, she was furious that she had not followed her own heart; she thought that it had ruined her life, and I think she was right.

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.

One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning.

I bake bread nearly every day; I use Jim Lahey's no-knead method and leave it to rise overnight.

Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite.

If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food.

I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut.

If you have caviar, the way to eat it is by the spoonful. Don't combine it with shrimp, pomegranate seeds and huitlacoche.