EMoon
The Good:
Ruth Reichl genuinely loves food, and you can tell she really enjoyed the puckishness of dressing up and getting one over on snooty restaurant owners. It was fun to hear her describe her adventures in wig-purchasing and deception. It was very cool that she busted out some of the restaurants in NY for treating "the little people" with terrible service.
The Bad:
Especially after the third or fourth costume change, the book got a little self-indulgent, and became more about Ruth Reichl finding her inner child than the fun tone of the earlier book. I really don't care whether she was happy in her job, why she left to go edit Gourmet magazine, or even that she left at all. Basically, she spent the last 25% of the book justifying a decision she obviously felt guilty for. I wanted more shenanigans in restaurants, and could have done without the confessional.
My advice? Read / listen to the book, skim the end.