RIP Gael Greene

[chromedome]

Not seeing confirmation yet, but Ruth Reichl has posted on Twitter.

 

[weinoo]

I can confirm. 

 

As can the NY Times.

 

Having had the opportunity to dine with GG many times, I might say with certainty she was one of a kind. And restaurant criticism was never the same.

[gfweb]

2 hours ago, weinoo said:

I can confirm. 

 

As can the NY Times.

 

Having had the opportunity to dine with GG many times, I might say with certainty she was one of a kind. And restaurant criticism was never the same.

 

So tell some stories?

 

I understand (from what I've read) that she ...uh... got around a bit.

[weinoo]

15 hours ago, gfweb said:

So tell some stories?

 

I understand (from what I've read) that she ...uh... got around a bit.

 

She certainly was quite capable of telling those stories.

 

I think on my first dinner out with Gael, I knocked over a glass of Pinot Noir all over the table!

 

[TdeV]

She made you nervous?

[CookBot]

A life fully lived, it would seem.

 

I thoroughly enjoyed her gossipy memoir, Insatiable, despite (or maybe because of) it being as full of salacious sexual tales as it was of food.  Her reminiscences of Burt Reynolds were nothing short of eye-popping.

 

Her email newsletter was good fun too, full of tales of New York restaurants I knew I'd never visit.

 

[weinoo]

21 hours ago, TdeV said:

She made you nervous?

 

Only very early on.

[BetD]

On 11/2/2022 at 2:53 PM, CookBot said:

I thoroughly enjoyed her gossipy memoir, Insatiable, despite (or maybe because of) it being as full of salacious sexual tales as it was of food.  Her reminiscences of Burt Reynolds were nothing short of eye-popping.

 

 

 

I see her book is available for $1.99 (Kindle version)  here…

[CookBot]

On 11/4/2022 at 4:58 PM, BetD said:

I see her book is available for $1.99 (Kindle version)  here…

 

Definitely worth it for a cheap thrill!