NYT bestseller! Ruth Reichl, THE PARIS NOVEL

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Zibby speaks with New York Times bestselling author Ruth Reichl about THE PARIS A NOVEL, a sumptuous, evocative, mouthwatering adventure through the food, art, and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris as told by Stella, a woman who stumbles across a vintage store, tries on a fabulous Dior dress, and is changed forever. Ruth reveals how her own transformative experience in a couture dress inspired this novel and then delves into the themes of hope, joy, and fairytale-like transformation. Then, she describes her unexpected career in food writing and the evolution of food culture and then shares her best advice for aspiring writers.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.
0:08.1	I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.
0:14.2	I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more.
0:21.8	Learn more at zivimedia.com or follow me on social at zivie Owens or join the community at
0:28.4	Zivie Readers.
0:31.5	Ruth Reichel is the author of the Paris novel, which is on my destination Paris list as part of the summer reads on zivimedia.com.
0:40.7	So go check that out.
0:42.4	Ruth Reichel is the New York Times best-selling author of five memoirs, the novel Delicious, and the cookbook My Kitchen Year.
0:49.7	She was editor-in-chief of Gourmet Magazine and previously served as restaurant critic for the New York Times,
0:55.1	as well as food editor and restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. She has been honored with six
1:00.2	James Beard Awards. In 2024, she received the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award. And by the way,
1:08.5	is one of my favorite authors. Welcome, Ruth. Thank you so much for
1:12.5	coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss the Paris novel. Congratulations.
1:17.5	Thank you. So not to embarrass you, but I am such a fan that I pulled out all the books.
1:23.6	Oh my gosh. I've been reading it over the years. I had to go all over my house to different bookshelves, but tender at the bone, comfort me
1:30.7	with apples, garlic and sapphires, delicious.
1:35.3	Now the hardcover of the Paris novel and save me the plumps.
1:39.6	So, wow.
1:41.8	That's where I'm coming from.
1:43.7	Tell listeners about what the Paris novel is about, please.
1:47.2	Well, for those of you who have read Save Me the Plums, there's a chapter in that book
1:53.4	about my going into a dress shop in Paris and finding this dress that just transforms me completely.
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