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What She Ate - Six Remarkable Women And The Food That Tells Their Stories

by Laura Shapiro
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Food as a lens into extraordinary women.

What She Ate would be a good read for someone interested in food and history. The author examines the relationship six remarkable women had with food. Through their plates, recipe books, and shopping trolleys she reveals their love, rage, desire, denial, need, and pleasure. The book offers a unique exploration into the women's lives and relationships with food, providing insight into their experiences beyond what is commonly known.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

What She Ate - Six Remarkable Women And The Food That Tells Their Stories

by Laura Shapiro
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ISBN: 9780008281076
Authors: Laura Shapiro
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date of Publication: 2018-01-25
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Historical, Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.28
(rated by 4603 readers)

Description

‘If you find the subject of food to be both vexing and transfixing, you’ll love What She Ate ’ Elle Dorothy Wordsworth believed that feeding her poet brother, William, gooseberry tarts was her part to play in a literary movement.Cockney chef Rosa Lewis became a favourite of King Edward VII, who loved her signature dish of whole truffles boiled in Champagne.Eleanor Roosevelt dished up Eggs Mexican – a concoction of rice, fried eggs, and bananas – in the White House.Eva Braun treated herself to Champagne and cake in the bunker before killing herself, alongside Adolf Hitler.Barbara Pym's novels overflow with enjoyment of everyday meals – of frozen fish fingers and Chablis – in midcentury England.Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown's idea of “having it all” meant having almost nothing on the plate except a supersized portion of diet gelatin. In the irresistible What She Ate , Laura Shapiro examines the plates, recipe books and shopping trolleys of these six extraordinary women, casting a new light on each of their lives – revealing love and rage, desire and denial, need and pleasure.
 

Food as a lens into extraordinary women.

What She Ate would be a good read for someone interested in food and history. The author examines the relationship six remarkable women had with food. Through their plates, recipe books, and shopping trolleys she reveals their love, rage, desire, denial, need, and pleasure. The book offers a unique exploration into the women's lives and relationships with food, providing insight into their experiences beyond what is commonly known.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.