Never did figure out that title

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

by Ruth Reichl

Sometimes a person's experiences while growing up don't seem to reflect on the person they became. Or possibly--just possibly--they do--but the transition is lost in the telling. So with this book.

After reading Garlic and Sapphires I really wanted to know how such an interesting and unique person as Ruth Reichl came to be, but this book didn't get me there.  Apparently I was looking for a different story: how she became a writer. I was also curious about how she managed her mother and daddy issues--nope.  What this book did tell was the story of how she learned to cook and to eat--not inconsequential for a person whose life is so intricately involved with cooking and eating.

Enjoyable, fun, and light.