Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise Audiobook (Free)

GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES is Ruth Reichl’s riotous accounts of the many disguises she employs to dine anonymously. There is her stint as Molly Hollis, a frumpy blond with manicured fingernails and an off-beige Armani suit that Ruth takes on when looking at Le Cirque. The result: her famous double review of the restaurant: first she ate there as Molly; and then simply because she was coddled and pampered on her behalf visit there mainly because Ruth, NY Times food critic.

What is even more remarkable approximately Reichl’s spy games is that seeing that she assumes these various disguises, she finds herself changed not only superficially, however in character aswell. She provides remarkable account of how one’s external appearance can very much influence one’s internal character, anticipations, and appetites.

As she writes, “Every cafe is a movie theater . even the modest restaurants offer the possibility to become someone else, at least for a time.” Garlic clove AND SAPPHIRES is usually a representation on personal identification and role playing in the decadent, epicurean theaters of the restaurant world.