Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl

This is the second memoir written by Reichl and I thought this one was much more personal than Tender at the Bone.  In 1978,  Reichl was a young married woman sharing a house with her artist husband and a bunch of other struggling young professionals in Berkley.  She had decided to leave her career as a chef to embark on a career as a restaurant critic.  Despite a number of hilarious failed attempts in the beginning, she eventually makes the connections necessary to be taken seriously.  There are affairs along the way, trips to Paris and lots and lots of food (some recipes included).  As delightful and humorous as her professional journey was, her personal life was unraveling with some moments of great sadness.  Still her writing is worthy of an editor at Gourmet and always optimistic at the heart.