Dinners with Famous Women: From Cleopatra to Indira Gandhi

"Dinners With Famous Women" is a culinary history cookbook with a different twist -- women from different centuries recount the meals of their time. Enjoy dinner with Cleopatra, Annie Oakley, and Mata Hari as each famous woman describes the food of her generation. Each chapter provides a menu and recipes for a succulent dinner inspired by these women of antiquity. Learn about a meal Anne Boleyn relished at Hampton Court with Henry VIII, eat a meal with Emily Dickinson, and celebrate Passover with Emma Goldman. In "Dinners With Famous Women," culinary history becomes an exciting part of the cooking experience.