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November 2017

Afternoon tea with author Laura Shapiro

November 4, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St
Boston, MA 02108 United States
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$15

Culinary historian LAURA SHAPIRO will read from and discuss her critically acclaimed new book What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories. It’s a diverse collection of women, including Rosa Lewis, the Cockney caterer who cooked her way up the social ladder; Eleanor Roosevelt, protector of the worst cook in White House history; Eva Braun, Hitler’s mistress; and Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan; as well as Barbara Pym, whose deft descriptions of food illuminate…

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