Ruth Reichl, author of three beloved food memoirs, has just expanded the series with Save Me the Plums, which covers her decade as editor ofGourmet magazine. Below, she recommends the recent novels she's most enjoyed listening to while cooking.
Circe by Madeline Miller (2018).
Miller's subversive retelling of the Circe myth is hypnotic and spellbinding. Listening, I found myself transported to a timeless and magical place, but also thinking about what it means to be a mortal woman. The prose is so poetic, the story so compelling, that I wished it would never end.
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish (2017).
A modern-day scholar discovers an ancient manuscript, and as she ponders its many mysteries we find ourselves transported to London's Jewish community during a 1660s plague year. Two women in different centuries are at the heart of the book, and this is the best kind of historical fiction: While introducing you to a culture of the past, it poses questions about the present.
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