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Before I moved away from home, I was the dessert maker of the family with no interest whatsoever in learning how to make the rest of the wonderful meals my Mom prepared. I learned to cook through mouth-watering pages of magazines such as Gourmet. Elaine Bucknum revealed Ruth Reichl as a favorite author… who happens also to be a chef, restaurateur, food writer, restaurant critic, editor-in-chief of Gourmet, producer of a few PBS series, novelist and author of critically acclaimed, best-selling memoirs.

For Elaine Bucknum’s presentation April 4, Janet Samber prepared a Ruth Reichl recipe, The Cake that Cures Everything, which has been lauded by everyone lucky enough to have tasted it.

Fortunately, it’s published online here!

Find out more about Ruth Reichl.