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And it really wasn't just about feeding myself, I learned
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And it really wasn't just aboutfeeding myself, I learned

And it really wasn't just about
feeding myself, I learned

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And it really wasn't just about feeding myself, I learned.
Duration
6 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:50
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

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Movie Summary

Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
It was like in feeding others that I felt satiated. - Food and Country 00:06
It was like in feeding others that I felt satiated.
We are these third spaces that are just more than a transaction. - Food and Country 00:09
We are these third spaces that are just more than a transact...
I love restaurants, I hope they continue to exist. - Food and Country 00:05
I love restaurants, I hope they continue to exist.
But I feel like a lot more people have to reimagine what hospitality looks like. - Food and Country 00:06
But I feel like a lot more people have to reimagine what hos...
[Ruth] My parents didn't care about food, - Food and Country 00:06
[Ruth] My parents didn't care about food,
My father was German, and he was 26 when he came to America. - Food and Country 00:06
My father was German, and he was 26 when he came to America.
We lived near Luchow's, - Food and Country 00:07
We lived near Luchow's,
And I saw with that that it was how my father went home. - Food and Country 00:07
And I saw with that that it was how my father went home.
My father's office was above one of those little French restaurants - Food and Country 00:07
My father's office was above one of those little French...
And we had a waiter, Max, who was our waiter, - Food and Country 00:10
And we had a waiter, Max, who was our waiter,
Max would take me into the kitchen - Food and Country 00:08
Max would take me into the kitchen
And that was just a place that I loved and felt really happy in. - Food and Country 00:08
And that was just a place that I loved and felt really happy...
And my mother was enchanted with Restaurant Associates' Joe Baum. - Food and Country 00:08
And my mother was enchanted with Restaurant Associates'...
Joe Baum was the great maestro of American restaurants in the '50s and '60s. - Food and Country 00:07
Joe Baum was the great maestro of American restaurants in th...
I mean, he invented the Four Seasons restaurant, - Food and Country 00:07
I mean, he invented the Four Seasons restaurant,
He redid the Rainbow Room. I mean, he did these restaurants as drama. - Food and Country 00:06
He redid the Rainbow Room. I mean, he did these restaurants ...
Joe Baum is the one who brought the large peppermill to the table, - Food and Country 00:13
Joe Baum is the one who brought the large peppermill to the ...
And we couldn't afford to go to places like the Four Seasons, - Food and Country 00:12
And we couldn't afford to go to places like the Four Se...
So I thought of restaurants as places that connected you to home, - Food and Country 00:16
So I thought of restaurants as places that connected you to ...
I mean, I watched my mother walk into the Four Seasons, and she was just... - Food and Country 00:06
I mean, I watched my mother walk into the Four Seasons, and ...