Delicious! [Paperback] Reichl, Ruth

A young food critic loses her job at a legendary New York magazine and stumbles into a new one: answering letters to Delicious!, a defunct food mag from the 1940s. As she excavates decades of correspondence, she uncovers a mystery involving a lost recipe, wartime secrets, and a young girl who worked in the magazine's test kitchen during WWII. Ruth Reichl — former editor of Gourmet and one of America's most beloved food writers — spins a novel about obsession, friendship, and the stories hidden in old recipes. It's deeply sensory, often moving, and soaked in nostalgia for a vanished New York. Perfect for anyone who's ever been changed by a meal or wondered about the lives lived in the pages of an old cookbook.