The Cake That Cures Everything “In times of stress, only excess will do: this is an enormous cake,” says Ruth. The second is enormous sadness that I won’t be going there again. It’s a giant rectangular chocolate cake developed by culinary food writer, editor and former food critic, Ruth Reichl. The cake that cures everything (Murdoch Books) Source: Murdoch Books. Ruth Reichl was in Montreal recently on the final stop on a 24-city tour for her latest book, My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes that Saved my Life (Appetite by Random House, 2015). The first is enormous excitement over a great discovery. Read the Ruth Reichl's Vanilla cake recipe discussion from the Chowhound Home Cooking, Cakes food community. I love everything about this book except how difficult it is to make it stay open while I'm using it. 3/4 stick (6tbsp) butter 3. 11 Snazzy Star-Shaped Supplies for your Fourth of July Party + Recipes and images from My Kitchen Year by Ruth Reichl (Murdoch Books, $45 hbk). I found it in The New York Times Food section. Ruth Reichl is the Los Angeles Times' food editor and restaurant critic. Please, publishers, give us cookbooks that will open flat! 4 ounces fine quality unsweetened chocolate 2. This book, a combination cookbook and diary/memoir, recounts the year following Gourmet's closure, and Reichl's journey to acceptance of this major change in her life. Ruth Reichl, the final Gourmet editor, was taken totally by surprise, and was devasted. Drop Everything and Get Peeling: This Garlic Peeling Hack is Sweeping the Internet. On May 6th, former Gourmet Magazine Editor-in-Chief and sometimes Twitter haiku writer Ruth Reichl will release Delicious!, her first novel.. Recipe Source: As in Ruth Reichl's Garlic and Sapphires book Last Minute Chocolate Cake Ingredients 1. My favorite recipe in this cookbook is Reichl's Food Cart Curry Chicken that she came up with because of her love of it … Ruth Reichl’s first novel, but it’s a keeper. Spicy Tuscan kale, pork and tomatillo stew, and, yes, cake that cures everything, just some of the recipes that Ruth Reichl says saved her life and are … Join the discussion today. 2 tbsp Grand Marnier (I used 2 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice) 5. You have to flip to the back to find it. Previous Next Show Grid. 3/4 cup brewed strong coffee (I used 3/4 tbsp Folgers coffee with 3/4 cup water) 4. The original is a large cake made my stacking two 9×13 inch or two 9×12 inch layers, but mine is … Ruth Reichl’s latest book, Save Me the Plums, chronicles her tenure as editor-in-chief of Gourmet, North America’s oldest epicurean magazine.