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What She Ate : Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories by Laura Shapiro (2017, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100525427643
ISBN-139780525427643
eBay Product ID (ePID)237746502
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhat She Ate : Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicWomen, Rich & Famous, General, History
IllustratorYes
GenreCooking, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorLaura Shapiro
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-057055
Reviews"Chock full of 'iconic repasts' and lesser but no-less-piquant morsels, What She Ate establishes Laura Shapiro as the founder of a delectable new literary genre: the culinary biography. 'It's never just food' is Shapiro's mantra as she sifts through letters, journals, manuscript drafts, and of course scads of recipes, to derive six thrilling 'food stories' spanning two centuries and a spectrum of appetites. Only as fundamental a subject as food and as skillful a writer as Shapiro could bring Dorothy Wordsworth, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Helen Gurley Brown together happily in one richly satisfying volume." --Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast "The idea that eating habits reveal aspects of character is ever-intriguing, and it's presented here with charm and insight." --Mimi Sheraton, former restaurant critic for the New York Times and author of 1000 Foods to Eat Before You Die "Laura Shapiro has done it again! She's given us a fascinating and wonderfully entertaining history of six women of the last two centuries you might never have thought of as foodies, yet here they are, distinguished by how differently they dealt with the overwhelming importance of food in their lives. What She Ate argues--and proves--that every woman has a food story. It ought to inspire all of us who love food to get busy on our memoirs." --Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University and author of Soda Politics, "Shows enormous grace and food savvy."-- The New York Times Book Review on Julia Child Praise for Something From The Oven : "Deliciously readable."-- The New York Times Book Review, "A fun read."- Bon Appetit "If anyone knows how to gather a group of women together, it's [Shapiro]. . . . Her nose for a good story doesn't fail her." -- Bookforum "Six crisply written, ardently researched, and entertainingly revelatory portraits of very different women with complicated relationships with eating and cooking.... A bounteous and elegant feast for hungry minds." -- BookList, (starred review) "A unique and delectable work that sheds new light on the lives of women, food, and men." -- Kirkus Reviews "Offering an interesting angle from which to view the lives of various women, [ What She Ate ] will appeal to not only food readers but also to anyone wishing to learn more about women's history." -- Library Journal "Like a textbook for my own feminist food studies curriculum." - Austin American Statesman "Chock full of 'iconic repasts' and lesser but no-less-piquant morsels, What She Ate establishes Laura Shapiro as the founder of a delectable new literary genre: the culinary biography. 'It's never just food' is Shapiro's mantra as she sifts through letters, journals, manuscript drafts, and of course scads of recipes, to derive six thrilling 'food stories' spanning two centuries and a spectrum of appetites. Only as fundamental a subject as food and as skillful a writer as Shapiro could bring Dorothy Wordsworth, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Helen Gurley Brown together happily in one richly satisfying volume." --Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast "The idea that eating habits reveal aspects of character is ever-intriguing, and it's presented here with charm and insight." --Mimi Sheraton, former restaurant critic for the New York Times and author of 1000 Foods to Eat Before You Die "Laura Shapiro has done it again! She's given us a fascinating and wonderfully entertaining history of six women of the last two centuries you might never have thought of as foodies, yet here they are, distinguished by how differently they dealt with the overwhelming importance of food in their lives. What She Ate argues--and proves--that every woman has a food story. It ought to inspire all of us who love food to get busy on our memoirs." --Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University and author of Soda Politics Praise for Laura Shapiro "[Laura Shapiro] changed the way I thought about American food, and did so in the most entertaining and informative way possible." - SheKnows, "Such a fun read... Shapiro deftly uses food to link one woman to another -- and to us today. ... Writing this book, Shapiro notes, has made her ''aware of all the food stories that will never be told.'' ... a deliciously satisfying read ." --Chicago Tribune "A collection of deft portraits in which food supplies an added facet to the whole . . . What She Ate redeems the whole sentimental, self-indulgent genre of food writing." -- Slate "If you find the subject of food to be both vexing and transfixing, you''ll love . . . What She Ate ." -- Elle " Fascinating." -- Moira Hodgson , Wall Street Journal "Delectable...Buy this book, read this book and then spend a few seconds before every meal thinking about what message the dish sitting in front of you could be sending to your dinner companions." --PureWow.com "History gets plated" -- Vanity Fair "Simply a fun read." -- Bon Appetit "Fascinating . . . you''ll quickly see that food choices are more revealing than you might expect." -- Bustle "Clever . . . This dissection of diet is a telling window into the lives of these fascinating historical figures." -- PopSugar "Mouthwatering." -- Eater.com "If anyone knows how to gather a group of women together, it''s [Shapiro]. . . . Her nose for a good story doesn''t fail her." -- Bookforum "An unconventional approach...[that] works deliciously." -Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Six crisply written, ardently researched, and entertainingly revelatory portraits of very different women with complicated relationships with eating and cooking.... A bounteous and elegant feast for hungry minds." -- BookList, (starred review) "A unique and delectable work that sheds new light on the lives of women, food, and men." -- Kirkus Reviews "Offering an interesting angle from which to view the lives of various women, [ What She Ate ] will appeal to not only food readers but also to anyone wishing to learn more about women''s history." -- Library Journal "Like a textbook for my own feminist food studies curriculum." -- Austin American Statesman "Chock full of ''iconic repasts'' and lesser but no-less-piquant morsels, What She Ate establishes Laura Shapiro as the founder of a delectable new literary genre: the culinary biography. ''It''s never just food'' is Shapiro''s mantra as she sifts through letters, journals, manuscript drafts, and of course scads of recipes, to derive six thrilling ''food stories'' spanning two centuries and a spectrum of appetites. Only as fundamental a subject as food and as skillful a writer as Shapiro could bring Dorothy Wordsworth, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Helen Gurley Brown together happily in one richly satisfying volume." -- Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast "The idea that eating habits reveal aspects of character is ever-intriguing, and it''s presented here with charm and insight." -- Mimi Sheraton, former restaurant critic for the New York Times and author of 1000 Foods to Eat Before You Die "Laura Shapiro has done it again! She''s given us a fascinating and wonderfully entertaining history of six women of the last two centuries you might never have thought of as foodies, yet here they are, distinguished by how differently they dealt with the overwhelming importance of food in their lives. What She Ate argues--and proves--that every woman has a food story. It ought to inspire all of us who love food to get busy on our memoirs." -- Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University and author of Soda Politics Praise for Laura Shapiro "[Laura Shapiro] changed the way I thought about American food, and did so in the most entertaining and informative way possible." -- SheKnows
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal641.09252
SynopsisA Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of The Year One of NPR Fresh Air's "Books to Close Out a Chaotic 2017" NPR's Book Concierge Guide To the Year's Great Reads "How lucky for us readers that Shapiro has been listening so perceptively for decades to the language of food." -- Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air Six "mouthwatering" ( Eater.com ) s hort takes on six famous women through the lens of food and cooking, probing how their attitudes toward food can offer surprising new insights into their lives, and our own. Everyone eats, and food touches on every aspect of our lives--social and cultural, personal and political. Yet most biographers pay little attention to people's attitudes toward food, as if the great and notable never bothered to think about what was on the plate in front of them. Once we ask how somebody relates to food, we find a whole world of different and provocative ways to understand her. Food stories can be as intimate and revealing as stories of love, work, or coming-of-age. 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. What She Ate is a lively and unpredictable array of women; what they have in common with one another (and us) is a powerful relationship with food. 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 tab≤ Barbara Pym, whose witty books upend a host of stereotypes about postwar British cuisi≠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., A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of The Year One of NPR Fresh Air's "Books to Close Out a Chaotic 2017" NPR's Book Concierge Guide To the Year's Great Reads " How lucky for us readers that Shapiro has been listening so perceptively for decades to the language of food." -- Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air Six "mouthwatering" ( Eater.com ) s hort takes on six famous women through the lens of food and cooking, probing how their attitudes toward food can offer surprising new insights into their lives, and our own. Everyone eats, and food touches on every aspect of our lives--social and cultural, personal and political. Yet most biographers pay little attention to people's attitudes toward food, as if the great and notable never bothered to think about what was on the plate in front of them. Once we ask how somebody relates to food, we find a whole world of different and provocative ways to understand her. Food stories can be as intimate and revealing as stories of love, work, or coming-of-age. 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. What She Ate is a lively and unpredictable array of women; what they have in common with one another (and us) is a powerful relationship with food. 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., A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of The Year One of NPR Fresh Air's Books to Close Out a Chaotic 2017 NPR's Book Concierge Guide To the Year's Great Reads " How lucky for us readers that Shapiro has been listening so perceptively for decades to the language of food." -- Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air Six "mouthwatering" ( Eater.com ) s hort takes on six famous women through the lens of food and cooking, probing how their attitudes toward food can offer surprising new insights into their lives, and our own. Everyone eats, and food touches on every aspect of our lives--social and cultural, personal and political. Yet most biographers pay little attention to people's attitudes toward food, as if the great and notable never bothered to think about what was on the plate in front of them. Once we ask how somebody relates to food, we find a whole world of different and provocative ways to understand her. Food stories can be as intimate and revealing as stories of love, work, or coming-of-age. 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. What She Ate is a lively and unpredictable array of women; what they have in common with one another (and us) is a powerful relationship with food. 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.
LC Classification NumberCT105.S465 2017
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- May 15, 2018
Really terrible book
Everyone in my book club really hated this book. We thought it was just plain dumb. We couldn't understand how the author ever got it published. We've never been unanimous in our opinion about a book before, so this is a truly scathing negative vote. Save your money, readers!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Aug 03, 2018
Fascinating
If you enjoy history and the delicate details surrounding some very notable women then this is a must read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
