My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life: A Cookbook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The beloved food critic and author of Tender at the Bone explores her path to healing through 136 delectable recipes. 'No one writes as warmly and engagingly about the all-important intersection of food, life, love, and loss. This book is a lyrical and deeply intimate journey told through recipes, as only Ruth can do.'--Alice Waters A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Los Angeles Times, NPR, Men's Journal, BookPage, Booklist, Publishers Weekly In the fall of 2009, the food world was rocked when Gourmet magazine was abruptly shuttered by its parent company. No one was more stunned by this unexpected turn of events than its beloved editor in chief, Ruth Reichl, who suddenly faced an uncertain professional future. As she struggled to process what had seemed unthinkable, Reichl turned to the one place that had always provided sanctuary: the kitchen. My Kitchen Year follows the change of seasons--and Reichl's emotions--as she slowly heals through the simple pleasures of