
What She Ate
Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories
By: Laura Shapiro
Hardcover | 25 January 2018
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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.
About the Author
Laura Shapiro has written on every food topic from champagne to Jell-O for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Slate, Gourmet, and many other publications. She is the author of three classic books of culinary history. Her awards include a James Beard Journalism Award and one from the National Women's Political Caucus. She has been a fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, where she also co-curated the widely acclaimed exhibition Lunch Hour NYC.
Industry Reviews
Francesca Wade, Financial Times
`A bounteous and elegant feast for hungry minds'
BookList, (starred review)
`If you find the subject of food to be both vexing and transfixing, you'll love What She Ate'
Elle
`What She Ate is a culinary and historical delight. Feast on it slowly so as not to miss a crumb'
BookPage
`I devoured the book in one sitting'
Washington Post
`Fascinating'
Wall Street Journal
ISBN: 9780008281076
ISBN-10: 0008281076
Published: 25th January 2018
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 320
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.4 x 14.5 x 3.0
Weight (kg): 0.45
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