When Gourmet magazine was abruptly shut down in the fall of 2009, devastated editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl retreated to her hilltop glass house in upstate New York, where she rediscovered the restorative solace of cooking and the pleasures of a simpler life. This recipe-infused memoir is the story of Reichl’s recovery – narrated in her appealing voice, at once confessional, informal, opinionated, and sentimental.
