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Delicious! A Novel

Ruth Reichl

2014, 380 pages

Fiction

Ruth Reichl, former restaurant critic and author, turns to fiction in her novel Delicious!

Young Billie lands a job at a famous food magazine in New York City, where she meets a cast of interesting co-workers. Thereโ€™s a secret about the mansion where they work (in the library no less!), lots of descriptions of terrific food, and great characters. Billie is a likeable heroine, trying to find her own way and to come to terms with her past. Warning โ€“ this novel will make you hungry, and might cause cravings to visit an old-style NYC deli!