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Oops, my finger slipped. I went out of Goodreads and the whole browser shut down.
It's a hassle to retrieve the unfinished comment. Now that my browser is working again, this was the gist. I find it hard to believe that anybody besides besotted Wordsworth sister Dorothy and friends who were hangers on of the famous poet would really have found it delightful to read Chaucer. But . . .
— Dec 09, 2025 04:35PM
It's a hassle to retrieve the unfinished comment. Now that my browser is working again, this was the gist. I find it hard to believe that anybody besides besotted Wordsworth sister Dorothy and friends who were hangers on of the famous poet would really have found it delightful to read Chaucer. But . . .
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Rose Rosetree
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The connection between Eleanor Roosevelt and the food movement of feminists at Cornell University -- so important for transforming her into a woman who could find her place in the world.
And not just, as noted by Laura Shapiro, dress up and conduct small talk for the rest of her life.
— Dec 22, 2025 06:24PM
And not just, as noted by Laura Shapiro, dress up and conduct small talk for the rest of her life.
Rose Rosetree
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I'm learning more than I knew I didn't know, regarding Eleanor Roosevelt. In the process my respect for Laura Shapiro is growing fast.
She conveys so much, so naturally. Magnificent transitions in her writing, for example.
— Dec 21, 2025 04:04PM
She conveys so much, so naturally. Magnificent transitions in her writing, for example.
Rose Rosetree
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Laura Shapiro's summary of Eleanor Roosevelt's life sure rings true for me. Didn't she have the mother-in-law from Hell!
— Dec 20, 2025 05:05PM
Rose Rosetree
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Golly, I thought I knew all about Eleanor Roosevelt by now, particularly after reading the definitive biography of her by David Michaelis.
Yet I learned more about Eleanor's fluency in French that I learned about why she served the most dreadful meals ever tasted at the White House.
— Dec 19, 2025 05:45PM
Yet I learned more about Eleanor's fluency in French that I learned about why she served the most dreadful meals ever tasted at the White House.
Rose Rosetree
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Reflecting on the leadership of Rosa Lewis.
* How she paved the way for female cooks to be treated with respect as chefs.
* Her nobility and philanthropy during World War I.
Worth admiring!
— Dec 18, 2025 04:29PM
* How she paved the way for female cooks to be treated with respect as chefs.
* Her nobility and philanthropy during World War I.
Worth admiring!
Rose Rosetree
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What did I never expect? The generosity, even philanthropy, of Rosa Lewis to all the soldiers she put up in her hotel, all the meals she gave them; a truly remarkable legacy of her beautiful character.
— Dec 17, 2025 05:21PM
Rose Rosetree
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Rosa Lewis' saga turns tragic, in a humdrumly eccentric way. British fine dining, as she helped create it, turned to dust. So much was lost after the war.
— Dec 17, 2025 05:20PM
Rose Rosetree
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At a time of foodie glamour and French culinary snobbery among the upper classes, she had no status, no cachet.
To paraphrase the author, French chefs didn't believe that any females could be good cooks, other than their own mothers.
— Dec 15, 2025 05:07PM
To paraphrase the author, French chefs didn't believe that any females could be good cooks, other than their own mothers.
Rose Rosetree
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Rosa Lewis' candid advice in media interviews, back in Victorian England, was so sensible.
"Let beef taste like beef."
"Let mutton taste like mutton."
— Dec 15, 2025 05:05PM
"Let beef taste like beef."
"Let mutton taste like mutton."
Rose Rosetree
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Truth was stranger than fiction, and at least as fascinating to read about. The meals, the rules, the many-many snobberies among the social high rankers.
Much better to read about them, in all their stifling opulence, than to have been among them!
— Dec 13, 2025 06:03PM
Much better to read about them, in all their stifling opulence, than to have been among them!
