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Garlic & Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl

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Monday, January 15 through Friday, February 2, 2007. Read by Karl Schmidt.

She had to dress up to avoid being given special treatment, resulting in this comedic account of Reichl’s life as a restaurant critic in New York.

(Penguin; ISBN: 1594200319)

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Theme: “Moonsweeper Blues” from the album “Old Friends” with Andre Previn, piano; Mundell Lowe, guitar & Ray Brown, bass (Telarc Jazz CD-83309)

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