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Charlotte Silver
Feb 17 2012 7:30 pm
Friday, February 17, 7:30 PM
Charlotte Silver presents her new memoir, Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood
Wine and chocolate tasting to follow
New York City-based author Charlotte Silver comes to Greenlight to present her new memoir, Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memoirs of a Restaurant Girlhood. 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. After dinner, in her frilly party dress, she often caught a nap under the bar until closing time. Her one constant was her glamorous, indomitable mother, nicknamed "Patton in Pumps," a wasp-waisted woman in cocktail dress and stilettos who shouldered the burden of raising a family and running a kitchen. Infectious, charming, and at times wistful, Charlotte au Chocolat is a celebration of the magic of a beautiful presentation and the virtues of good manners, as well as a loving tribute to the author's mother, a woman who always showed her best face to the world. Wine and chocolate tasting will follow the reading.
Location:
- Street:
- 686 Fulton Street
- City:
- Brooklyn ,
- Province:
- New York
- Postal Code:
- 11217
- Country:
- United States
