Charlotte Au Chocolat
Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood
$51.99
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2013
Summary
Like Eloise growing up in the Plaza Hotel, Charlotte Silver grew up in her mother’s restaurant. Located in Harvard Square, Upstairs at the Pudding was a confection of pink linen tablecloths and twinkling chandeliers, a decadent backdrop for childhood. Over dinners of foie gras and Dover sole, always served with a Shirley Temple, Charlotte kept company with a rotating cast of eccentric staff members. Her one constant was her glamorous, indomitable mother, nicknamed “Patton in Pumps,” a wasp-wa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781594486500 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1594486506 |
| Author: | Charlotte Silver |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Riverhead Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 177mm x 126mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
” Charlotte au Chocolat charms.“– The New York Times Book Review
“Charlotte au Chocolat charms.”—The New York Times Book Review “Every paragraph here is a confection of wit, color, texture, and taste, all overlaid with a dusting of melancholy for a lost restaurant, a lost time, a childhood that set Charlotte Silver apart and inspired her to write this utterly captivating memoir.”—The Huffington Post “Silver illustrates the details of her upbringing with luminous clarity … these poignant moments are as exact as poetry.”—The Boston Globe “Bright and vivacious.“—USA Today
“Child of artist-restauranteurs, Silver recalls a girlhood filled with pink linens, candied violets, and constant threat of financial ruin. But it’s her ode to her quirky, dazzling mom that makes the dish.“—Good Housekeeping
About The Author
Charlotte Silver
Charlotte Silvergrew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, before attending Bennington College in Vermont. She studied writing at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and has been published inThe New York Times. She lives in New York and Boston.
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