Ruth Reichl's Quotes

The way we live is changing. Each year, our free time shrinks a little more as computers clamor for an increasing percentage of our attention.

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The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.

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Really, the only way to face the biggest problems we have is for the government to change the way they subsidize food. The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald's and get a hamburger than a salad, and that's insane.

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I'm not a big turkey fan, but my husband loves it. Thanksgiving is his favorite meal.

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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.

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It was through cooking food and sharing it with each other that our ancestors learned how to become social animals.

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Sharing food has always had a central place in civilized societies; it's no accident that so many of our cultural, religious and patriotic rituals are involved with eating.

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