Save Me the Plums (#841) is Ruth Reichl's latest memoir about her time as editor of the now defunct Gourmet magazine. I must confess that I subscribed to the rival publication Bon Appetit, but I do own and love the Gourmet Cookbook which was published under her aegis. It's a fascinating read, and not at all what she (or I!) imagined publishing a cooking/lifestyle magazine would be like.
She first discovered the magazine in an old book shop with her father and became entranced with the writing in a 1940s edition. When it later morphed into a "ladies who do lunch" publication with recipes they could pass along to their cooks, she gave up on it. How many people have that kind of lifestyle? It wasn't until she was brought in as its publisher that things changed and the magazine underwent a renaissance. That is until the recession and e-publishing took their toll. Ruth Reichl was there the day that this iconic magazine ceased publication.
I really savored reading this one. I will be trying at least one of the recipes she included here; if you're hooked on cooking, you're always looking for the next great recipe to try. Here's someone who gets that.
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