Review: Garlic and Sapphires

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (2005)
This memoir covers Reichl’s tenure as restaurant critic for the New York Times and includes some of her favorite retaurant reviews and recipes. But what I found even more fascinating were Reichl’s accounts of a critic’s life. To avoid being recognized, she donned a variety of disguises and found [...]

Need to Detox

After three weeks of either eating out because I’m traveling or stress-eating because I’m gearing up for the next big launch/presentation/demo, I can see and feel the toll it has been having on my body. I feel bloated, I’ve gained back what little weight I had lost, and I feel an urgent need to detox. [...]