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In the fall of 2009, the meals world was rocked when Gourmet journal was abruptly shuttered by its parent or guardian company. No-one was more stunned by this unforeseen turn of occasions than its loved editor in main, Ruth Reichl, who all of a sudden experienced an uncertain professional future. As she struggled to process what had looked unthinkable, Reichl turned to the main one place that had always provided sanctuary. "I did what I usually do when I'm puzzled, depressed, or frightened," she writes. "I disappeared in to the kitchen." My Kitchen Season practices the change of conditions - and Reichl's thoughts - as she slowly heals through the simple pleasures of baking. While working 24/7, Reichl would "throw quick meals together" for her family and friends. Now she has the time to rediscover what preparing food designed to her. Imagine kale, leaves dark and appealing, sautéed with chiles and garlic; summer peaches cooked into a simple cobbler; fresh oysters chilling in a package of snow; plump chickens and earthy mushrooms fricasseed with cream. During the period of this challenging season, each dish Reichl prepares becomes a kind of stepping stone to finding happiness again in ordinary things. The 136 dishes collected here signify a life's enthusiasm for food: a blistering ma po tofu that shakes Reichl from the blues; a decadent grilled mozzarella cheese sandwich that accompanies a rare sighting in the woods around her home; a rhubarb sundae that alerts the arrival of spring. Here, too, is Reichl's enlivening dialogue with her Tweets supporters, who become her culinary supporters and energetic confidants. Part cookbook, part memoir, part paean to family members gods, My Kitchen Season may be Ruth Reichl's most stirring book yet - one which unveils a refreshingly vulnerable part of the world's most famous food editor as she shares treasured dishes to be delivered to again and again and again.
