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Jan Thrope, Ruth Reichl and Hairspray

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Ruth Reichl is one our nation’s food writers, along the way; she also became a master of disguise. The former New York Times restaurant critic talks about going undercover to writer her reviews. She also discusses her complex relationship with her mother, which Reichl wrote about in her book For You Mom, Finally. Dee also talks to writer Jan Thrope, whose new book Inner Visions: Grassroots Stories of Truth and Hope takes readers to some of Cleveland’s most economically challenged neighborhoods, where amidst tough times people are making their lives better….and live music from cast of the Beck Center production of Hairspray.