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What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories  Cover Image Book Book

What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories / Laura Shapiro.

Shapiro, Laura. (Author).

Summary:

"A beloved culinary historian's short takes on six famous women through the lens of food and cooking--what they ate and how their attitudes toward food offer surprising new insights into their lives"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0525427643
  • ISBN: 9780525427643
  • Physical Description: 307 pages : illustrations
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Dorothy Wordsworth -- Rosa Lewis -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Eva Braun -- Barbara Pym -- Helen Gurley Brown.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 36.00
Subject: Women > Biography.
Celebrities > Biography.
Dinners and dining > History.
Cooking > History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Stroud Branch 920.72 Sha 31681020070645 NONFIC Available -

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.


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