Peavey, onetime Baltimore socialite millionaress, who, for a brief but poignant moment, was retained as the Reichls’ maid. The journey begins with Reichl’s mother, the notorious food-poisoner known for-evermore as the Queen of Mold, and moves on to the fabled Mrs. In other words, the stuff of the best literature. Tender At the Bone is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by unforgettable people, the love of tales well told, and a passion for food. If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were.’ For, at a very early age, Reichl discovered that ‘food could be a way of making sense of the world… It is in this setting that Ruth Reichl’s brilliantly written memoir takes its form. For better or worse, almost all of us grow up at the table.
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