92: Ruth Reichl on Writing

Kate and Molly speak with Ruth Reichl, an icon and authority in the food media world, about her breadth of writing experience - restaurant reviews, cookbooks, memoirs, articles and even tweets- and her new book, The Paris Novel. Ruth shares why food is a universal framework, her inspirations for this novel and the process of working with a new editor. She talks about being a "writer who hates writing" and how this process differed from others as well as how she accesses memories to include specificities in her scenes. Finally, she shares her advice to push into the unknown and what she is working on next.
Hosts: Kate Leahy (www.kateleahyc...) + Molly Stevens (www.mollysteve...) + Kristin Donnelly (kristindonnell...) + Andrea Nguyen (www.vietworldk...)
Editor: Abby Cerquitella (abigail-cerqui...)
Mentions
Ruth Reichl
• Substack (ruthreichl.sub...)
• Instagram ( / ruth.reichl )
Food and Country Film (www.foodandcou...)
"Why I Disapprove of What I Do" (www.nytimes.co...) by Ruth Reichl
Tumbleweed at Shakespeare and Company (www.shakespear...)
Visit the Everything Cookbooks Bookshop (bookshop.org/s...) to purchase a copy of the books mentioned in the show
• The Paris Novel (bookshop.org/a...) by Ruth Reichl
• Save Me the Plums (bookshop.org/a...) by Ruth Reichl
• Garlic and Sapphires (bookshop.org/a...) by Ruth Reichl
• My Kitchen Year (bookshop.org/a...) by Ruth Reichl
• Delicious! (bookshop.org/a...) by Ruth Reichl
• Tender at the Bone (bookshop.org/a...) by Ruth Reichl
• Comfort Me with Apples (bookshop.org/a...) by Ruth Reichl