Tender at the Bone

At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world...If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were."

In this memoir Ruth Reichl tells a story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food. Beginning with Reichl's mother, the notorious food-poisoner known as the Queen of Mold, and on to those at her politically correct table in Berkeley, who championed the organic food revolution in the 1970's. Spiced with humor and sprinkled with recipes, Tender at the Bone is a witty and compelling chronicle of a culinary sensualist's coming-of-age.