Delicious!

by Ruth Reichl
2014

Author Ruth Reichl, usually writes food non-fiction. In her debut novel,  she wrote food fiction.

Newly interested in this genre, Delicious! grabbed my attention at the Barnes & Noble in Charlottesville, Virgina. Instead of shelling out my struggling Canadian dollars, however, I waited until I got home and did what any Canadian skinflint would do: place a hold at the library.

Thank goodness for libraries.

Delicious! was worth the wait.

Billie Breslin moved to New York City to take a job at the iconic food magazine, Delicious. Shortly after Day One, the magazine shut its doors and Billie was left all alone to answer phones and honour the "Delicious Guarantee" for even the most eccentric of callers.

Surrounded by new food, new friends and a series of historic letters, the solitary burden that Billie arrived in New York with, soon disappears.
Replaced by a rediscovered life.


Delicious! is not a masterfully written novel, but, for me,  it didn't have to be.
I was thoroughly entertained start to finish.

Drawn in by character and plot.
Fascinated by food and palate.

And,
completely captivated by moments of whimsy.


Not to mention, I learned all about Chekhov's gun.




Reading on...