Women really do belong in the kitchen, and here is a book that proves just what they can do there! A Woman’s Place: the Inventors, Rumrunners, Lawbreakers, Scientists & Single Moms Who Changed the World With Food, by Deepi Ahluwalia & Stef Ferrari, and illustrated by Jessica Olah is a wonderful collection of short biographies of these amazing women. Some introduced new foods to the world, some used food to support protests (and the suffragettes), some taught us how to prepare foods from other countries properly. They brewed beer, made ice cream (cheaply enough so everyone could enjoy it). They advocated for lunches in schools so students could learn better, one invented the automatic dishwasher!

I have now read a fair number of books about books, book stores, and so forth. They have been most enjoyable and The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: a Memoir, a History, by Lewis Buzbee was no exception. Just what is so appealing about a book, or reading, or spending time in a book shop? (See if you agree). This was one of those books where I found myself nodding in agreement on a regular basis.

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