The Resource What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories, Laura Shapiro
What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories, Laura Shapiro
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- 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. Each of the six women in this entertaining group portrait was famous in her time, and most are still famous in ours; but until now, nobody has told their lives from the point of view of the kitchen and the table. They include Dorothy Wordsworth, whose food story transforms our picture of the life she shared with her famous poet brother; Rosa Lewis, the Edwardian-era Cockney caterer who cooked her way up the social ladder; Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady and rigorous protector of the worst cook in White House history; Eva Braun, Hitler's mistress, who challenges our warm associations of food, family, and table; Barbara Pym, whose witty books upend a host of stereotypes about postwar British cuisine; and Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan, whose commitment to "having it all" meant having almost nothing on the plate except a supersized portion of diet gelatin"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Contents
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- Dorothy Wordsworth
- Rosa Lewis
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eva Braun
- Barbara Pym
- Helen Gurley Brown
- Isbn
- 9780525427643
- Label
- What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories
- Title
- What she ate
- Title remainder
- six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Shapiro
- Language
- eng
- 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. Each of the six women in this entertaining group portrait was famous in her time, and most are still famous in ours; but until now, nobody has told their lives from the point of view of the kitchen and the table. They include Dorothy Wordsworth, whose food story transforms our picture of the life she shared with her famous poet brother; Rosa Lewis, the Edwardian-era Cockney caterer who cooked her way up the social ladder; Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady and rigorous protector of the worst cook in White House history; Eva Braun, Hitler's mistress, who challenges our warm associations of food, family, and table; Barbara Pym, whose witty books upend a host of stereotypes about postwar British cuisine; and Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan, whose commitment to "having it all" meant having almost nothing on the plate except a supersized portion of diet gelatin"--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shapiro, Laura
- Dewey number
- 920.72
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CT105
- LC item number
- .S465 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wordsworth, Dorothy
- Lewis, Rosa
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Braun, Eva
- Pym, Barbara
- Brown, Helen Gurley
- Celebrities
- Dinners and dining
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories, Laura Shapiro
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dorothy Wordsworth -- Rosa Lewis -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Eva Braun -- Barbara Pym -- Helen Gurley Brown
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525427643
- Lccn
- 2016057055
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn962353960
- (OCoLC)962353960
- Label
- What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories, Laura Shapiro
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Dorothy Wordsworth -- Rosa Lewis -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Eva Braun -- Barbara Pym -- Helen Gurley Brown
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525427643
- Lccn
- 2016057055
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn962353960
- (OCoLC)962353960
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