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I loved the idea - six women from different time periods and their relation to the food, but unfortunately, I didn‘t liked the execution. At the end this book was for me collection of short biographies/essays about six, more or less, famous women who had to eat something (in one case - sometimes). Bright exceptions are the stories about Barbara Pym and Rosa Lewis (cook highly praised by king Edward VII). ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BFC

I thought this was a really interesting approach to writing about history. Food, just by sheer necessity, is an important part of all our lives and for most it represents more than just something to sustain life. I enjoyed learning about women I previously knew little or nothing about and also enjoyed learning about cuisine over the years.

Seriously, why do my library books all come in at once?? I try to stagger them. Really I do!

Very much enjoyed this journey into such diverse lives as Dorothy Wordsworth (finally appreciating her after hating studying Home at Grasmere), Eva Braun and Eleanor Roosevelt. Sharpiro reveals their personalities through their attitudes to food. It's not necessarily filled with sumptuous recipes though, it's more psychological, and in the case of Barbara Pym, literary. A fascinating look at culinary history & feminism.

All my digital holds came at once! Starting with the tagged one first 🤷‍♀️

The author tells the stories of 6 different women and how food shaped their lives and writing. It‘s really interesting!

Pulled my #rainbowbookstack from the recent nonfiction shelves! #riotgrams 📚

#overdrive binge. Where do I start first? And why do I have no control when it comes to library books?

Really excited to read this one! I love books about women and their relationships with food #food #tbr

I‘m catching up on podcasts and just listened to the Feb 1 Guardian Books one where Laura Shapiro is being interviewed about What She Ate. I learned that Barbara Pym enjoyed Twiglets, a knobby marmite-y snack that I encountered on my recent trip to Australia. I‘m not a fan of Twiglets.

I enjoyed reading this book, which offers biographies of six women, using the lens of food to explore their lives. The most interesting chapter to me was the one on Eleanor Roosevelt, but I also liked the others, even the ones about women with whom I wasn't very familiar. Any book that focuses on women's places in history is worth reading.

Since this cover is #yellow I'm counting it for today's #readingresolutions prompt! @Jess7

For #MarchinBooks I'm sharing two books I'm starting today. One is from a favorite mystery series and the other is nonfiction that sounds great. #CurrentlyReading @maich

#CurrentlyListening to these biographical sketches of famous women through the food they cooked, lived, loved, ate. #FoodieReads

Loved reading about the women featured - what they ate and about their lives in general. Favorites include Dorothy Wordsworth, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eva Braun, and Barbara Pym.

Might be a good book for the #feedareader swap ☺️

Time to finish this one up! (Margaret seems to be on board. For now.)

My #tbr for #boutofbooks. Finish up the tagged book on my Kindle, finish Rodoreda‘s short stories, and read this week‘s section for the #luminariesbuddyread. I think it‘s doable!

The women who ate

"The people in this room tonight could put an end to war....It seems to me God is giving a call to the women of the world to come forward, to stay the hand of men, to say: 'No, you shall no longer kill your fellow men.'" - Carrie Chapman Catt, 1921.

Very interesting stories!!

5 ⭐️s! This is, so far, my favorite non-fiction book of the year. As a female-identifying professional food person, I found the many perspectives on food to be fascinating, and some of the women in this book have inspired me. The mac and cheese is in honor of Barbara Pym, who wrote immensely detailed food journals that make me want to start my own. Barbara, I hope there's enough cheese in this batch for you!

Quirky look at six different women through their relationship with food. Eleanor Roosevelt was the strongest chapter for me, followed by Eva Braun. #nonfiction #food #foodwriting

Just got through the chapter on Eleanor Roosevelt! I had no idea that meals were the battleground on which the marital discord was fought between her and FDR. Such a fascinating chapter including the hilarious character of Mrs. Nesbit, who reminds me a bit of Alton brown on Cutthroat Kitchen 😂

I'm on the chapter focusing on Rosa Lewis and I feel like I've found a kindred spirit/new favorite person. This book is fascinating!!!

#TBRtemptation post 7! Released in July. The renowned culinary historian looks at 6 famous women from an angle that never gets looked at: their relationship with food, so as to gain a deeper understanding of their world-view. Dorothy Wordsworth, sister of the poet; Rosa Lewis, the Edwardian who cooked her way up the social ladder; Eleanor Roosevelt; Eva Braun; Barbara Pym; Cosmopolitan editor Helen Brown. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

I have mixed feelings about this look at 6 famous women through history and their relationship with food and cooking. I liked two sections, loved one (Barbara Pym), and was bored with the rest. The audiobook, performed by Kimberly Farr, was nicely done; in fact, I'm not sure I would have read the whole book if I had gone for print. Farr, however, kept me listening. More Saturday on my blog. (Shown: tonight's dinner.)

I just got back from a two-week family vacation and was greeted by this lovely book mail. These are all recent GoodReads and LitHub wins. #bookmail #bookhaul

This was so good!! Great writing, fascinating women, and such a fun structure. The author did well at illustrating the big differences yet inevitable similarities in the ways food fit into and affected these women's lives. (I completely loved the Barbara Pym chapter and now realize how much I need to start reading her.)

I LOVE books about food, and this one sounds fascinating. This one delves into the lives of six women (from history or currently living) and talks about how the food they bought, ate, and entertained with reveals a lot about her. Very interested in reading this!!

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