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title: "Delicious!: A Novel"
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# Delicious!: A Novel

**Brand:** ruth reichl
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- **What is this?** Delicious!: A Novel by ruth reichl
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Wonderful story!
  

*by T***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2018*

Billie Breslin quits college just before her senior year and goes to work for Delicious!, a food magazine located in New York City. She has an extraordinary palate and can identify any taste in any food, but has a cooking phobia. Her job is to answer complaint letters from readers who are asking for the magazine's guarantee of success. As part of her job, she meets many interesting characters: Sal, the cheese shop owner and his wife, Rosalie; Sammy, the magazine's travel writer; Jake, the publisher and his dog; Thursday, the talented restauranteur; Richard the photographer who can make any scene come alive.During the course of her research, Billie finds a hidden room in the library and discovers letters written by a young girl to James Beard during Worl War II. But, the former librarian has filed the letters according to his own system and in order to find the next letter, Billie has to uncover clues left in the card catalog. When the building's owner decides to sell the building, it's a race against time to find all the letters.We also learn about Billie's life growing up. Her mother died when she was a baby and she was raised by her father and her Aunt Melba, her mother's sister, who lives next door. She lived in the shadow of her older, beautiful and "perfect" sister Genie and sees herself as the quiet, geeky, uncool younger sister. During her time in NYC, we see Billie find herself, her sense of style and her confidence.I enjoyed the story, the characters and the rich detail that Reichl includes on every page. I highly recommend this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    You're in for an extraordinarily special treat!
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2014*

"Delicious!" was recommended to me by a friend.  As she and I are not always in agreement as to what we each enjoy reading, I was a little reluctant to put this book on reserve at the library, but reserve it I did, later downloading to my Nook.  I'm not quite finished reading, but I can honestly say I have never been so charmed by a book as I am by this one.  I really find it hard to put down, such is the "delicious" story Ruth has told, peopled with characters so beautifully drawn that I know I'm going to miss spending time with them when I come to the story's end.  I've even ordered a copy to share with friends I want to enjoy, hopefully, the same experience I'm enjoying.  I was not familiar with the author, but since acquiring the book, I've learned that she has been, for a long while, a food critic, and this forms the hook for this delightful story, Billie not a food critic but instead a woman who can identify, by taste and smell, ingredients in foods, knowing what extra they might need or what makes them extraordinarily special.  In the process of working for the publishers of the food magazine "Delicious," Billie finds herself encountering the most memorable and lovely people, eventually coming upon a "mystery" of sorts which will lead her, I'm sure, to what is going to be the most satisfying of endings.  I'll add to this review when I finish reading; I know that when the book is complete I'm going to want more of these people, but, unless there's a sequel, that won't be.Later:  Well I finished the final section of the book and I wasn't disappointed...except from the stand-point of having to leave the story and characters behind.  I said it earlier, I'll say it again:  I've not read anything as charming and as irresistible as this book has been.  You will not be disappointed.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    More than just food...
  

*by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2016*

I have read all of Reichl's books and enjoyed every word. This book is no exception. Although it took me a while to get out of "memoir mode," once I accepted that the book wasn't about Ruth, the characters became their own individuals. There is something for everyone in this book whether it is food, family drama, heartbreak, wartime, publishing, suspense or a love story. I am ready for the next story!

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