Save me the plums

When Condé Nast offered Ruth Reichl the top position at America's oldest epicurean magazine she declined. She was a writer not a manager and had no inclination to be anyone's boss. Yet Reichl had been reading Gourmet since she was eight; it had inspired her career. How could she say no? This is the story of a former Berkeley hippie entering the corporate world and worrying about losing her soul. It is the story of the moment restaurants became an important part of popular culture a time when the rise of the farm-to-table movement changed forever the way we eat. Readers will meet legendary chefs like David Chang and Eric Ripert idiosyncratic writers like David Foster Wallace and a colorful group of editors and art directors who under Reichl's leadership transformed stately Gourmet into a cutting-edge publication. This was the golden age of print media--the last spendthrift gasp before the Internet turned the magazine world upside down. Complete with recipes "Save Me the Plums" is a personal journey of a woman coming to terms with being in charge and making a mark following a passion and holding on to her dreams--even when she ends up in a place she never expected to be.