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The speaker is saying that readers who know her books make conversation easier because there is already something in common to talk about. She sees that shared familiarity as a simple way to skip awkward introductory chatter.
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About Ruth Reichl
American chef, food writer, and editor
Ruth Reichl is an American chef, food writer, and editor. For two decades, she worked as a food critic, mainly at the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. She has 112 quotes on the site. Reichl has also written cookbooks, memoirs, and a novel. Outside print, she served as co-producer of PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS's Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth, and editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine. She has won six James Beard Foundation Awards.
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Books by Ruth Reichl
Comfort Me with Apples
2001
Garlic and Sapphires
2005
Tender at the bone
1998
Delicious!
2014
Not becoming my mother
2009