Telling The Stories Of 6 Important Women Through What They Ate

Food journalist Laura Shapiro believes what we eat says so much about who we are and the lives we lead. In her new book What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories, Shapiro tells the stories of six women from history by looking at their day-to-day meals. They include Rosa Lewis, a successful caterer in Edwardian-era England, Eleanor Roosevelt and Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun.

Melissa Clark guest hosted this segment of "The Leonard Lopate Show."