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There is her stint as Molly, a frumpy blonde in an off-beige Armani suit that Ruth takes on when reviewing Le Cirque resulting in a double review of the restaurant: first she ate there as Molly; and then as she was coddled and pampered on her visit there as Ruth, \"New York Times\" food critic. Then, there is the eccentric, mysterious red head on whom her husband - both disconcertingly and reassuringly - develops a terrible crush. She becomes Brenda the earth mother, Chloe the seductress and even Miriam her own (deceased) mother. 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She was a writer, not a manager, and had no inclination to be anyone’s boss. Yet Reichl had been reading \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e since she was eight; it had inspired her career. How could she say no?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a former Berkeley hippie entering the corporate world and worrying about losing her soul. It is the story of the moment restaurants became an important part of popular culture, a time when the rise of the farm-to-table movement changed, forever, the way we eat. Readers will meet legendary chefs like David Chang and Eric Ripert, idiosyncratic writers like David Foster Wallace, and a colorful group of editors and art directors who, under Reichl’s leadership, transformed stately \u003ci\u003eGourmet \u003c\/i\u003einto a cutting-edge publication. 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